Really Something Horse

Each to his own. Know the old saying? In a way, it sums up betting. Some punters like to bet for a win, others for a place, still others love the quinellas or trifectas, or doubles. It's all a mat...

Victoria can proudly boast many of the best country racetracks in Australia. Quite a number of them offer spacious, testing courses which offer every runner a chance. The best courses, in my opi...

I’ve spent years trying to beat the TAB and bookies and I’ve lost my bank more times than I can remember. There have been a few big wins; as many as a man with only three fingers could count on ...

The late Don Scott once wrote that the best form of exotic betting is the trifecta. I think he was right. Don said picking a trifecta winning bet was a test of skill rather than a game of chance. ...

Greyhound racing is probably the best system under which a punter in Australia can risk - or rather, invest - his hard earned dough. To my way of thinking there is nothing so good as a standout "...

Can any Practical Punting Monthly readers remember back to the 'dark' days before 1985, when there wasn't such a magazine as this? Doesn't bear thinking about, does it? In those bygone days, punt...

It might have taken Always Something three years to get himself back in the winner's circle, but he can strike while the iron is hot with a light weight and a good draw in the Rotary Centenary Chal...

A new-found maturity has the optimistically-named Something Anything on the verge of realising a dream for his owners in the Group Two Villiers Stakes.The five-year-old beat a small but classy fiel...

Something Anything's Villiers Stakes success has his team dreaming of Group One glory.The five-year-old has taken a long time to live up to trainer Gary Portelli's belief in his ability but he now ...

NO NOTHING THIS WEEK.Sorree! Yes of course you can get "something," if you want.But what I really wanted to ask you is if you'd ever gone a week without deciding on a bet.Many punters haven't.Here'...

Brendan Delaney is used to calling races across Victoria, whether at thoroughbred trials at Cranbourne or Tatura, or the greyhounds at Warrnambool. But his lifelong passion for race calling is ab...

Those Oakleigh Plate weights are really causing a stir...Peter Moody has joined Gai Waterhouse in firing a missile at them. He has 4 runners in the big sprint but he reckons Lucky Secret is 'the we...