Money In Mud 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...

Golden Slipper day, 2009 will go down into the history books as the day when ALL the favourites were beaten into submission with not one saluting for the day. The defeats of Faulconbridge ($2.30), ...

Golden Slipper day, 2009 will go down into the history books as the day when ALL the favourites were beaten into submission with not one saluting for the day. The defeats of Faulconbridge ($2.30), ...

Winter is the time of the wet tracks. Now I know that this is hardly profound, but it is also a time when many professional punters go to bed and hibernate. In recent years, there have been exampl...

Mount Gambier-trained gallopers Glaneuse and Riceman have landed an unlikely quinella in the Winter Championship Final at Flemington.Glaneuse ($31), trained by Mick O'Leary, held off the Dean Saxon...

Eric Connolly was regarded as one of Australia's greatest professional punters. In his lifetime, he won massive fortunes, lost them, won them back and lost them again. In fact, at the time of his ...

Only a few years ago it was often a difficult, if not impossible, task for punters to determine whether certain horses could handle rain-affected ground. There was a virtual reliance on the 'w' an...