Snippy Strategic 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...

Trainer Alan Bailey will target next year's winter carnival riches after predicting a bright future for giant three-year-old Rokatoko following his spectacular debut win at Doomben.Rokatoko settled...

The barrier draw has made the race less clearly defined than it might have been otherwise but John Size-trained  Thewizardofoz  should throw down the gauntlet to other Derby-bound four-year-olds b...

from HK RACING POSTLast week racing fans were treated to Hong Kong's best horse, Ambitious Dragon, winning his fifth Group One, and today it is perhaps the next best galloper being presented by Joh...

On Sunday morning I leave Melbourne bound for my first European trip as an adult. I say adult because I was actually born in Nurenberg, Germany and I made an overseas trip as an eighteen month old ...

Cox Plate winning jockey Patrick Payne fulfilled a lifelong ambition when Awakening Dream ran away with the $250,000 Grand Annual Steeplechase at Warrnambool.The eight-year-old, by unfashionable st...

Leading Sydney apprentice Daniel Ganderton hopes to be in the spotlight for the right reasons when he rides in Queensland for the first time at Eagle Farm on Saturday.Ganderton has seven rides incl...