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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...

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...

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. ...

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 ...

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 "...

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...

AFTER taking Victorian racing by storm last spring, South Australian stayer Alcopop will race exclusively in Sydney during the autumn in a bid to capture his first group 1 success, reports The Age....

Lots of hard luck stories in the wake of Shocking's Cup win...Fairytale horse, and media darling, Alcopop, didn't get much of a run, according to jockey Dom Tourneur. The lightly raced South Austra...

The big question arising from the Moonee Valley meeting is whether Alcopop really is back to something like his best? He certainly ran home stoutly in the Dato Tan. The Cox Plate may be the ideal ...

That luckless run in Caulfield Cup has seen Shocking the big firmer in Betstar's market for the Melbourne Cup. 'It was as good a Melbourne Cup trial as you will see,' says Betstar's Alan Eskander. ...

2008 Melbourne Cup runner-up Bauer is currently the 24th and final horse in the field for this year's 150th edition following the release of the updated order of entry, but that could all change on...

Cranach KO...Ruling fav Lucas Cranach will miss Sat's Grp 1 Australian Cup after sustaining a minor leg injury. The stallion's trainer Anthony Freedman advised stewards of the issue on Thursday nig...