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...

Stradbroke winner Show A Heart's relentless march to completely destroy all of his rivals in the race for the title of Queensland's Champion Stallion continued in dominating fashion last weekend wh...

CHANNEL 9 and Moonee Valley are embroiled in a Cox Plate telecast tug of war, after the network backed a travel show as a better ratings bet than Australia's greatest weight-for-age race, reports t...

Trainer Graeme Murray says honest sprinter Kenny's World is forward enough to be a genuine chance of going back-to-back in Saturday's Listed Show County Quality.Kenny's World won last year's Show C...

More dirt to fly...Looks like a city track will be the next to become 'home' to a synthetic racing surface. Racing Victoria has shortlisted Flemington, Caulfield and Pakenham as the three key conte...

Does big-spending Lloyd Williams have a stayer capable of winning the Melbourne Cup this year? Well, nothing really stands out - except, perhaps, Base, who has his first-up run in the final race at...

The Gai Waterhouse-John Singleton road show rolled on at Rosehill on Saturday with Jim Cassidy back in the fold to steer More Strawberries to a fighting win in the Tea Rose Stakes.Cassidy had not r...