Lisa 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...

Another Lisa Cropp blow-up...The popular Kiwi jockey has been stood down after a urine sample allegedly returned an irregularity to a prohibited substance. Cropp's sample, it's claimed, was found t...

Reports on Wednesday say Kiwi jockey Lisa Cropp has quit Melbourne to ride in Turkey. Cropp apparently sold her furniture and car to Flemington-based stable staff before going to Cambridge NZ to pr...

Bouncing back...Top Kiwi jockey Lisa Cropp is preparing for a return to race riding. She's just completing a 9 months ban for amphetamine use. The much-publicised case lasted three years and Cropp ...

The good news...Scans have cleared top jockey Lisa Cropp of brain and spinal damage following a freak riding accident in NZ. She is likely to be released from hospital as early as Friday if she con...

LISA Cropp is again at the centre of unwanted headlines At Thursday's Waipa Racing Club meeting at Te Awamutu, the one-time champion New Zealand jockey was subjected to a routine drug screening pr...

Lisa Cropp's been truly cropped in NZ...The champion female jockey has been disqualified for nine months and ordered to pay $NZ99,500 ($A78,848) in fines and costs after being found guilty on a dru...