Big Night Out 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...

Anger mounts...Trainers will demand the VRC employ security staff to protect horses at future music festivals planned for Flemington in the wake of the Australia Day break-ins. A Flemington-based t...

Happy Valley's first night back from vacation was punctuated with enough highlights to fill three meetings, as new jockey Nicola Pinna rode his first winner, trainer Me Tsui Yu-sak landed the fir...

The benefits of an inside draw on the "C" course should guide the Tony Cruz-trained  Multivictory

With the ice finally broken for the season last Sunday, top French rider Olivier Doleuze pressed on with the good work by landing a double on Wednesday night at Happy Valley and collecting the Jock...

It has likely come too late but John Size takes an unusually strong team to Happy Valley and the anchor for the team looks four-year-old  Eroico  in the Perfect Partner Handicap (1,200m) to end th...

THE revival of David Hayes' stable is set to continue in the next two weeks as the trainer attempts to qualify a swag of smart two-year-olds for the $1 million Blue Diamond Stakes and rolls out the...