Don Scott

[jimDiGriz]

Can anyone tell me where I can obtain Don Scott's books? I also notice opinion is divided on the effectiveness of Don's ratings. Any further comments?

[topsy99]

haven't used the methods but have read years ago. i think the effectiveness is in the discipline of the punter.
the principles of don scotts books should work but i think the reality is in the courage of the punter and discipline.

[Mr. Logic]

Don Scott only published once he became convinced he could no longer win with his methods.
It's nothing about courage - his ratings methods do not work and if I used them I would lose. They are far too rigid and ignore important factors like anticipated speed in a race.

[topsy99]

its a big step to publish anything on horse racing or gambling for that matter.
the likelihood of anyone being able to support themselves on gambling is not high.
i have been following horses for a long time as an interest and am still not able to define a real good thing.
don scotts efforts were labor intensive but did give a discipline. i have no knowledge of his success rates or whether he died broke, other than seeing some posts in these forums. i would say that we learnt a lot from his publications.