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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...
The shortest way home is always on or near the inside rail. Well, that's technically true, as we all know, but we also know that many times it doesn't find you the winner of a race. Especially whe...
They call it 'deep state' handicapping. It's the method used by shrewd computer geeks to make millions of dollars on Hong Kong racing. The average punter has no idea of the penetrating analys...
South Australian jockey Caitlin Forrest has died in hospital overnight from injuries suffered in a fall at Murray Bridge yesterday. The 19-year-old had been leading the race when her horse broke ...
There are two groups of punters who invariably go to the races, or their TAB agencies, with the percentages piled high against them. They are the backers of favourites and longshots. No matter wh...
Apprentice Jamie Kah would have liked to come to Melbourne earlier, however the 18-year-old had to concentrate on winning lasts season’s Adelaide Jockeys’ Premiership. Currently sitting in second...
Jamie Kah recorded her first Melbourne Saturday victory partnering Sistine Demon to his fifth-straight success in the $80,000 Thomas North Handicap (1400m) at Caulfield. Currently on loan to C...
Hugh Bowman is winning lots of praise for his riding in England. On Saturday, he guided Dungannon to success in the Shergar Cup Dash at Ascot after finding a gap at a crucial stage of the race. Tra...
Kerrin McEvoy is relishing his return to Ascot as he prepares to make his Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup debut, reports At The Races in the UK. The popular Australian - who shot to prominence when b...
Sydney jockey Hugh Bowman has been named in a Rest of the World team to be captained by South African Douglas Whyte for this year's Shergar Cup.Bowman and Whyte will be joined by Japanese superstar...
Australian jockey Luke Nolen rode a winner at Ascot on Saturday but it wasn't enough to lift the Rest of the World team from third place in the Shergar Cup.The Irish team retained the trophy after ...