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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...
Stablemates Adnocon and Ahdashim will put their summer carnival credentials on the line at Rosehill on Saturday.The pair contest the 1400-metre open handicap with trainer Gerald Ryan looking ahead ...
ASTUTE trainer and former jockey Gerald Ryan has declared gun apprentice Brenton Avdulla ''the next Nash Rawiller'' following yesterday's Villiers Stakes triumph at Randwick, reports the Sunday Age...
Gerald Ryan had the option of keeping Adnocon in Queensland for one more race but decided to bring the in-form runner home to Sydney to start in Saturday's Listed Winter Stakes.Adnocon has been in ...
Bart Cummings is set to raise the bar for exciting prospect Shamash in the Festival Stakes as a pre-cursor to a possible start in the Villiers.Shamash showed promise early in his career but went am...
Queensland handicappers would have to be generous towards Ironstein to entice trainer Gerald Ryan to run him at the Sunshine Coast on Saturday but stablemate Adnocon is a definite for the meeting.I...