New Arrival 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...

Look out for a hot Qld Oaks challenge by Kiwi filly Shez Sinsational. She'll be a late arrival but everything is 'on target' for her Aussie campaign. She's off the list of Kkiwi stars set to fly to...

Things are only going to get tighter in the jockeys' room with the arrivals of North American Aaron Gryder and Frenchman Johan Victoire this week, and Christophe Soumillon and Andreas Suborics in t...

Oh, no, not another one of those changing-my-mind Cup stories! Yes, indeed. Now it's David Hayes who is re-thinking his earlier decision to miss this year's Melbourne Cup with his new import Changi...

Look out Brisbane, Sid's on the way...Co-trainer Bill Wilde says his Warrnambool Cup winner Hissing Sid will head north for the Brisbane Cup 2400m. He reckons the prospect of a wet winter carnival ...

All set to boom...Werribee Racing Club has more than 320 entries for the club's first meeting in more than three years on Saturday. Racing Victoria shut down the Werribee track in 2007 after jockey...

Luca Cumani has moved a step closer to an elusive Melbourne Cup win with the safe arrival of his three contenders for this year's race.The UK-based Cumani, who trained second placegetters Purple Mo...