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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...
There were 85 nominations weighted for the 149th running of THE STAR Epsom Handicap (Group 1) to be staged at Royal Randwick on Saturday, 4 th October 2014. This year’s edition of the E...
• Statistics • Views • Results • Plans • Profits It is often said about a certain famous trainer that he kept himself in the best company and his horses in the worst company. He made a mint that ...
The Hong Kong Jockey Club will support a move to introduce a new category of black-type races, so-called Super Group One races. In an Asian Racing Conference session titled "The Pattern: Now and ...
CRAIG Williams added another Japanese feature race to his profile when he won the $568,000 Group 2 Kanto Oaks under lights at the Kawaski circuit in Tokyo last night. It’s the biggest success ...
Veteran gelding Mufhasa produced his trademark on-pace effort to claim his sixth Group One success in New Zealand on Saturday, defeating a number of Melbourne spring carnival hopefuls.Mufhasa sat o...
Talented sprinter Mic Mac will be given the chance to break through for a Group One win in two countries this preparation.The five-year-old makes his spring return in Saturday's Group Two Schillaci...
Classy three-year-old Buffering and stablemates Woorim and Our Lukas are back in work with premier trainer Rob Heathcote who hopes to claim his first Group One success during the Brisbane winter ca...
Star New Zealander Mufhasa has taken his Group One tally to eight with victory in the Captain Cook Stakes at Trentham.The winner of the Toorak Handicap during the Melbourne Spring carnival, Mufhasa...
Underrated three-year-old Cavalaire Bay can show his worth at Moonee Valley on Saturday when he faces his first Group Two test in the Alister Clark Stakes.The Red Ransom colt, who is out of the 200...