Master Rick Horse

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...

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...

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 ...

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. ...

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 "...

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...

Look out for Sandown Guineas winner So Swift in the New Year. He's having a spell right now but trainers Bill and Symon Wilde have earmakred a key target for him in 2012 - the South Australian Derb...

Sandown Guineas winner So Swift will kick off an autumn campaign ultimately aimed at the South Australian Derby in May when he resumes in Saturday's $90,000 Bendigo Guineas.Warrnambool trainer Symo...

THE father-and-son training partnership of Bill and Symon Wilde won just one race during their home-town carnival but thankfully it was one of the races that mattered as Hissing Sid made it back-to...

A change of scenery at a new stable has turned around the career of the former Lee Freedman-trained four-year-old Asphalt Jungle.Still a maiden and a noted rogue when he joined the Bill and Symon W...

Warrnambool trainers Bill and Symon Wilde expect they won't know until final acceptances next Tuesday whether Baughurst will line up in the Caulfield Cup, but a leading corporate bookmaker believes...

Warrnambool trainers Bill and Symon Wilde expect they won't know until final acceptances next Tuesday whether Baughurst will line up in the Caulfield Cup, but a leading corporate bookmaker believes...