Nordicus 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...

WITH jumps racing expelled from all but one of the four metropolitan tracks in Victoria, Warrnambool's famed jumps carnival, which begins today, looms as the most significant held in Australia, rep...

Australian Guineas  winner  Palentino  is set to step up his preparations for this year’s Spring Carnival. Trainer  Darren Weir  said the son of Teofilo, who has won three of his seven starts...

BLACK And Bent etched his name into jumps racing history yesterday, notching his ninth consecutive jumps victory when he won the $100,000 Galleywood Hurdle (3200 metres) at Warrnambool.The six-year...

Racing Victoria facing a rebellion in the wake of its sudden decision to ban jumps racing. Warrnambool Racing Club says it is devastated by the decision. The club believes its important 4-day carni...

IF LAST year's Warrnambool carnival opener was an omen as to the disastrous run of injury and death that was to follow over the next three days, the signs are certainly encouraging for the 2010 car...

The revamped Grand National program has been condensed from two days to one, shifted from Flemington to Sandown and held a couple of months later, but jumps racing participants such as co-trainers ...