High Cloud 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...

Clarry Conners' bid to get Brisbane jockey Ric McMahon to ride for his Sydney stable has been thwarted by the Chilean volcanic ash cloud.Conners booked McMahon for three rides at Warwick Farm on We...

More than 1700 yearlings will be offered at New Zealand's national yearling sales at Karaka with a global recession cloud hovering above.New Zealand Bloodstock (NZB) knows the buoyant market of rec...

More than 1700 yearlings will be offered at New Zealand's national yearling sales at Karaka with a global recession cloud hovering above.New Zealand Bloodstock (NZB) knows the buoyant market of rec...

Damien Oliver says he nearly drove off the road on the way home from Ballarat races last week, after taking a call that sees him replacing Gerald Mosse as the jockey for Americain in next week's Em...

Three-time stakeswinner Predatory Pricer has died of suspected acute colitis on an agistment farm in NSW.An unlucky galloper, the five-year-old retired in September after a career plagued by injury...

Dunaden's participation in a third consecutive Emirates Melbourne Cup could hang upon the outcome of the Qatar Prix Foy (0.10am, Monday) at Longchamp. A high finishing position in the principal t...