Waverley Horse

Don Scott's first book turned the racing world upside down, and it did it with ratings: for the first time an Australian horse racing punter could put a figure on the race, then a figure on every r...

The 6-Point Divisor Plan is an Australian horse racing staking plan from 1989, and the thing that keeps it survivable is not the arithmetic — it is the safety brake. You run into four losers in a r...

Weight ratings or speed ratings? Philip Roy tested both on Australian horse racing form, three months at the Sydney tracks, and one of them finished a long way in front. Writing in Practical Puntin...

In Australian horse racing, 99 per cent of punters fail to make money over a 12-month period — and exotic betting is where they lose fastest. Don Scott, a professional punter who spent the sixties ...

There is no short cut in Australian horse racing, and Don Scott is the proof: he worked 12 to 14 hours a day, seven days a week, at form study. Practical Punting's Brian Blackwell interviewed him i...

In Australian horse racing, most punters bet with bookmakers all their lives without ever learning how a bookie makes his book, and it is hard to beat a man at a job you cannot describe. Statsman, ...

The great race is almost here. In my opinion the WS Cox Plate is the best race in Australia and has been for many years. Last night I watched the TVN special on the Plate and the hairs on the back ...

From NEIL FRANKLYN in AucklandSURIBACHI3g : Trainer - Allan Sharrock4 starts : 2 wins : 2 placesWin distance range : 1200m - 1400mTrack conditions won on : Slow : HeavyAutumn time will suit this ch...

From NEIL FRANKLYNCAT WOMAN3f : J Sargent : Matamata14 starts : 3 wins : 2 placesWin distance range : 1200m - 1600mTrack conditions won on : Fast/Good : DeadThis sprinter/miler is on a decent run o...

From NEIL FRANKLYNCOLONEL DANSKE5g : L Latta : Awapuni18 starts : 4 wins : 2 placesWin distance range : 1200m - 1400mTrack conditions won on : Fast/GoodThis sprinter has been plying his trade aroun...

As trainer Frank Ritchie takes part in this week's 25th anniversary celebrations of the 1986 Cox Plate, the star of the show is relaxing in a paddock across the Tasman.Every time Ritchie travels no...

From NEIL FRANKLYNDI'S BOY4g : Trainer - Marty Johnson13 starts : 3 wins : 1 placeWin distance range : 1200mTrack conditions won on : Slow : HeavyShowy grey gelding with plenty of speed, but I'd li...