Passing Glance 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...

Travelling connections of the Andrew Balding-trained Side Glance are confident that an impressive piece of trackwork has the seven-year-old well placed to add a second Australian Group 1 to his r...

Britain's foremost racing expert Philip Alexander concludes his two-part feature on the legendary punter Phil Bull, founder of the Timeform organisation and one of the UK's greatest professional p...

Let’s commence with some of the aspects of form that need regular revisiting. Form is a pretty general term, but we are all on common ground because every punter knows what to expect when we start...

Some time ago a friend confessed to me he’d discovered why he kept on losing every year. “Too many little extra bets…you know, action bets,” he said. “It’s a shock to see how they add up and how ...

Joe Takach has emerged as America’s leading authority on the body language of racehorses. Joe’s Beat the Beam video (one of the best-selling horseracing videos of all time) is highly regarded an...

Joe Takach has emerged as America’s leading authority on the body language of racehorses. Joe’s Beat the Beam video (one of the best-selling horseracing videos of all time) is highly regarded an...