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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...

Cranach KO...Ruling fav Lucas Cranach will miss Sat's Grp 1 Australian Cup after sustaining a minor leg injury. The stallion's trainer Anthony Freedman advised stewards of the issue on Thursday nig...

Bauer bounces back...Surprise of the week is the news that 2008 Melbourne Cup runner-up Bauer is on the comeback trail -- and there's a good chanhce he'll run in this year's Cup. A tendon injury en...

Emerging staying star Beijing Boy kept Chris Waller's incredible winning streak at Rosehill going with a determined victory over 2000 metres.Waller has now trained at least one winner at 18 consec...

It's a PR blow...Profound Beauty's absence from this year's Melbourne Cup is a major blow to promotion of the great race. Trainer Dermot Weld is a superstar attraction and so are his horses. It's a...

Racing Victoria CEO Rob Hines warned that jumps racing in the state could be doomed if fatalities kept occurring at their current rate following the death of Pride Of Westbury in the Galleywood Hur...

First it was December Draw who dropped out of the spring carnival and now trainer Mark Kavanagh's been hit with another blow...His Oaks hot fav Atlantic Jewel is out with a leg injury. The unbeate...