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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...

Lonhro, one of Australian racing's glamour racehorses, is on the verge of being crowned a champion sire.More than seven years since he retired from racing with 11 Group One wins and almost $5.8 mil...

O'Lonhro emerged as a leading contender for the Epsom Handicap with a brilliant win in the $151,800 Group Two Chelmsford Stakes (1600m) at Randwick. An exceptionally talented four-year-old, O'Lonhr...

A champion on the racetrack, Lonhro is well on the way to becoming a champion in the breeding barn aided by Beaded's Doomben 10,000 victory.Saturday's Group One triumph by the gallant mare has edge...

THE best indication of just how Lonhro has far exceeded any prediction about his future as a stallion is provided by the normally optimistic Henry Plumptre, reports The Age. It says: Just 18 months...

Though he never quite won the hearts of the racing public like his indomitable father did, the supremely talented racehorse Lonhro has transferred his skills to the breeding barn and will be crowne...

According to some racing people a horse will be fine on a slow or heavy track because the sire was a proven wet tracker. Another comment I have heard is "the mother was terrific in the wet". It fas...