Bauhinia Drought Horse

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...

TAB Sportsbet customers can't get enough of last year's Melbourne Cup winner Americain...One punter on Thursday placed $20,000 at $4.00 on Americain to go back-to-back. Money is pouring in for Amer...

It looks like the bookmakers are convinced Efficient will not run in the Melbourne Cup. Most are already adjusting markets to reflect his absence from the field. Sportingbet has eassed Efficient ou...

And the money kept rolling in...It did for Evita Peron and now it's doing so for superstar mare Typhoon Tracy to win the Doncaster 1600m. Bookies report a roaring business on Tracy. Betchoice says ...

Well-fancied All Silent may miss Sat's Doomben 10,000. Connections are not keen to run him on a badly rain-affected track, and that's how it's likely to be unless Brisbane's current rainy weather s...

IF PRE-POST betting agencies around Australia are the litmus test to the outcome of the much-vaunted match race between Hay List and Black Caviar in today's $750,000 group 1 Patinack Farm Classic a...

In this, the first of a three-part series, PPM's computer expert Neale Yardley passes on the results of his  computer research aimed at weeding out the important from the not-so important formgui...