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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...
Doncaster fallout...Popular galloper Whobegotyou is OUT of the Doncaster and the entire Sydney autumn carnival. Trainer Mark Kavanagh says Whobe has a curbed hock and will be spelled until the spri...
Queenslander Shoot Out has been ruled out of next year's Sydney autumn carnival.Shoot Out hit the big time when he claimed the Group One AJC Australian Derby and Randwick Guineas in Sydney earlier ...
No surprise...Shoot Out's long and tough spring campaign has taken its toll. The classy 4YO is OUT of next year's Sydney autumn carnival. Trainer John Wallace admits the horse needs a long break fr...
The fate of Sydney's showcase spring carnival meeting on October 1 will be announced on Friday amid concerns over the safety of one of the main grandstands at Randwick.Corrosion in structural steel...
RACING NSW chief steward Ray Murrihy admitted the Sydney spring carnival will be held on sub-standard surfaces with the ''very wet winter'' taking its toll on all metropolitan tracks, reports the S...
Another spring carnival done and dusted. The Sandown Classic card is the final meeting for the spring session and Zipping made it one to remember, reports Craig Young in the Sydney Morning Herald.H...
Trainer Mick Price will look to the autumn carnival with Lankan Rupee, which won his second stakes race during the spring carnival in today’s TMB Printing Kevin Heffernan Stakes at Caulfield. ...
Sydney's flagship spring carnival has been thrown into disarray and one of the main grandstands at Randwick closed because it poses a safety risk.Australian Turf Club officials have already been fo...
Forgotten sprinter Smart Missile won't be seen in action until the Brisbane winter carnival.Cummings says time will beat Smart Missile making a belated autumn carnival appearance but he is optimist...
Multiple Group 1 winning mare Streama will have a short Spring campaign in Sydney before being spelled. Trainer Guy Walter told Racing Network that because Streama had an autumn campaign and had ...