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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...
AUSTRALIAN superstar Black Caviar won't, in all likelihood, get the chance to try to lower English wonder horse Frankel's colours at Royal Ascot, but another champion from Down Under might get the ...
Champion jockey Damien Oliver rode the last two winners at Saturday's Moonee Valley meeting to join rival Craig Williams at the top of the Melbourne premiership.In winning his 69th and 70th races o...
DAMIEN Oliver on Monday took the first step to rebuilding his career. Oliver rode four horses, including Thousand Guineas winner Commanding Jewel, in trackwork at Leon Corstens' complex at Roms...
Jeff Lloyd literally cannot remember the last time he was on Montelimar's back but has seen the video of how he came off it.Montelimar was one of three horses to come down in a race at Rosehill on ...
Frankie Dettori will be aboard the Godolphin stayer Kirklees in the Melbourne Cup. Kerrin McEvoy will be aboard the stable's second runner Crime Scene. Damien Oliver is confirmed for the Chris Wall...
A feature race win in Monday's Summer Cup would be a timely boost for jockey Jim Cassidy as he looks to get his momentum rolling.Cassidy only returned from a five-week suspension for whip offences ...
His fellow jockeys were left lamenting as champion rider Jim Cassidy handed out a galloping lesson aboard Legsman to win the Winter Cup at Rosehill.Cassidy may not have written the manual on how to...
Tommy Berry will be aboard when Melbourne Cup early favourite The Offer trials at Royal Randwick on Friday morning. Berry is currently enjoying a break following a successful stint in Hong Kong ...
A pilot error aboard Honey Pie cost Tom Sadler a chance of riding his first Victorian quartet at Tatura last week but the talented apprentice atoned for that defeat with victory aboard the mare in...