Golden Kid 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...

NEW ZEALAND whiz-kid James McDonald looks like spending most of the spring in Australia, splitting his time between Sydney and Melbourne, and the in-demand apprentice will ride at Warwick Farm this...

Caulfield trainer Clinton McDonald says Envious is the fresh horse on the scene going into Saturday's $1 million Blue Diamond Stakes on his home track and expects the colt to acquit himself well.En...

Game over? Boom 2YO Sepoy is at long odds-on to win Sat's Todman Slipper at Rosehill. TAB Sportsbet's early Fixed Odds market has him at $1.25 (that's 4/1 ON) in the 5 runner field. Foxwedge is nex...

Wide Barriers? They're Never OK!On Australia Day I saw a near-perfect ride from a young three kilo claimer at Caulfield.He rode an in-form chance from a wide draw over 2000 metres (ten furlongs).Fr...

Mark Kavanagh has thrown honest sprinter Weekend Special into the deep end in Saturday's Listed Kensington Stakes at Flemington but suspects he will be up to the task.The Snitzel four-year-old hasn...

Redangelo's immediate future will be decided when he faces a class drop to midweek grade at Sandown on Wednesday.The Testa Rossa colt is topweight with 59kg in the Schweppes Hcp (1200m) in which he...