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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...

Tears flow...Britain's bookmakers were facing payouts stretching into eight figures after Tony McCoy's UK Grand National victory on Don't Push It. The weight of support behind racing's best-known j...

Sth African supremo Douglas Whyte has fired a rocket under Brett Prebble's premiership hopes in Hong Kong. The Racing Post says: 'Douglas Whyte strode up to join Brett Prebble in the lead in the jo...

Lisa Cropp's been truly cropped in NZ...The champion female jockey has been disqualified for nine months and ordered to pay $NZ99,500 ($A78,848) in fines and costs after being found guilty on a dru...

Ouch, that hurts...Sydney apprentice Jamie Quinnell has filed an appeal against a seven-month suspension for the use of a banned substance. Quinnell, who pleaded guilty to the charge, has appealed ...

Ouch, that hurt...Racing NSW stewards have hit Sydney jockeys Peter Robl and Blake Shinn with lengthy disqualifications at the conclusion of an inquiry into the pair's illegal betting. Shinn was gi...

There are some days when no matter what you do the punting gods ignore you as if you had the bubonic plague. I had such a day yesterday which started with a place bet on old Sir Slick. He did his b...