Stole The Show 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...

HISTORY was against a winning return to racing from superstar colt Sepoy at Caulfield yesterday, but, as his trainer Peter Snowden noted, history had not often seen the likes of his magnificent thr...

Darley Australia's Peter Snowden resurrected his bid for the Sydney trainers' premiership with a winning double at Randwick to move just 2-1/2 wins from Gai Waterhouse in the title race.But it was ...

Darley Australia's Peter Snowden resurrected his bid for the Sydney trainers' premiership with a winning double at Randwick to move just 2-1/2 wins from Gai Waterhouse in the title race.But it was ...

Corey Brown has been on the backs of many of Australia's biggest race winners but on Monday he got to sit on a champion.Retired international sprinter Takeover Target stole the show at the launch o...

A filly with a close maternal connection to a Golden Slipper winner and a Victoria Derby hero ran the fastest of 12 Sydney two-year-old barrier trials on Monday.Most of the 81 babies who contested ...

Brett Prebble has become this season's "King of Happy Valley" and can further cement his place on the throne with a full book of rides at tonight's meeting. Prebble has ridden 20 winners at the ci...