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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...
Group One winning sprinters Swick and Russeting will leave Bart Cummings' Sydney farm this week bound for the Melbourne spring carnival.The two have had a short break at what the trainer calls his ...
STAR Ripper and Latin News may not be among the headline horses of Bart Cummings' all-star team at Leilani Lodge but that could be about to change, reports The Daily Telegraph in Sydney.It says: Th...
The relationship between Randwick trainers and the Australian Jockey Club (AJC) remains tense amid reports the main stable blocks on the High Street side of the course are to be demolished to make ...
Melbourne Cup winner Viewed will be aimed at Sydney's autumn weight-for-age treble while stablemates Dandaad and Moatize will target the Sydney Cup.Trainer Bart Cummings said the three were back at...
Family tragedy...Damien Oliver will miss Sat's Flemington meeting. He's to remain in Perth with his mother who was seriously injured in a car accident earlier this week. She sustained multiple frac...
Stakes winning mare Amberino is on track to win her second Leilani Stakes after following the same path to the Moonee Valley event as a year ago.Trainer John Moloney said Saturday's 1500m race agai...
The pressure is on Shogun Lodge and Referral's half-brother Onarohl to continue his family's winning tradition at Doomben on Wednesday.Onarohl, who lines up in the Lyndhurst Stud Maiden Handicap (1...
LAST-start group 1 winner Manawanui will run in Sydney while fellow classy three-year-olds Smart Missile and Helmet will start this weekend in races in Melbourne before their ultimate clash in next...
Legendary trainer Bart Cummings has increased his record to seven Caulfield Cups and jockey Brad Rawiller has landed his first with a masterly rail-hugging ride on last year's Melbourne Cup winner ...