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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...

One of the toughest jobs as a public tipster is selecting the actual races in which to make the selections. Past experience has taught me there is no way I can satisfy every reader of my blogs or l...

Some years ago, a close friend of mine travelled the Victorian country racing circuit. He was at just about every major bush meeting held for a period of some six years. He eventually gave it awa...

'Why do horses win? Why do horses lose? Which horses are more likely to win? What factors can we use to pinpoint these winners before the race? Yes, these are just a few of the host of riddles whi...

In last month’s PPM we listed and scrutinised a number of common pitfalls and mistakes made by the average punter. We also re-examined a number of racing’s so called golden rules of the past, to...

In the first of a 3-part series, PPM's expert Statsman begins an absorbing probe into how a punter can turn $5,000 into a full-time betting bank and become, in fact, a professional punter. The s...

Statsman reveals an ambitious multi-bet staking plan. The 'win lots for little' mentality is widely abroad in Australia these days, the evidence of this being the enormous sums of money being inv...