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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...

It's warming up...Tony Vasil has decided that his promising 3YO Altius will target the 2500m Grp 1 Victoria Derby, worth $1.5 million, at Flemington on Oct 30. He'll avoid the Caulfield Guineas and...

A ''THROWAWAY line'' that racing stewards could not track a bleeding elephant through the snow has cost trainer Rod Douglas a $1000 fine, the second time in as many years he has been found guilty o...

Trainer Patrick Payne collected his second Queensland Cup in only a short training career when Victorian Turner Bayou scored a dominant win at Eagle Farm on Saturday.

Premier Brisbane trainer Robert Heathcote is praying to the weather gods as he plots the path for many of his winter carnival aspirants, starting at Eagle Farm on Saturday.Heathcote has accepted wi...

Bart Cummings did it three years ago and now Gai Waterhouse hopes to follow suit with Tullamore in Tuesday's Melbourne Cup at Flemington.The Cummings-trained Viewed became only the second horse in ...

IN RECENT years Melbourne Cup-winning trainer Mike Moroney has been a major player at the Brisbane winter carnival, and as the northern carnival draws to a close with tomorrow's Sunshine Coast meet...