Turn The Ace Horse

In Australian horse racing the four Melbourne racecourses stand out for their complete difference to each other — and the barrier draw is worth something different at every one. Statsman takes thre...

Australian horse racing runs on so many racetracks, all of varying sizes and designs, that the track itself carries a form guide of its own. Statsman spent five years on winning patterns at Randwic...

Professional gamblers call it 'deep state' handicapping: the horse racing method Bill Benter and Alan Woods used to make millions on Hong Kong racing. The average punter has no idea of the penetrat...

Most horse racing staking plans tell you to bet bigger after every loser. The 10K System does the opposite — one of three betting systems Peter Travers set out for Australian punters, where the sta...

The favourite looks like the safest bet in Australian horse racing, and across 660 races counted one at a time it lost 25 per cent on turnover — even though the first favourite won 174 of them, mor...

Do lucky saddlecloth numbers win? In 2007 a Practical Punting writer counted 660 Australian horse racing results — 7,363 runners, every TAB number from one to ten — instead of arguing about it. Num...

The search for an angle that Twill turn the tide! We're all after it in racing, and especially those of us who like to dig deep into the form book. The problem with 'angles' is that they tend to b...

In the second article in this series, PPM editor Brian Blackwell continues his analysis of recent results, and this month looks at a couple of big-race winners. Taking a ‘leap of faith’ is often ...

PPD Club members were handed a brilliant betting coup on Wednesday thanks to our ace form analys t Brian Blackwell, who tipped DE LITTLE ENGINE 1st $26.90 and ZEDEEL 2nd in race 6 at Sand...

Punting is a mentally draining experience, at times, especially when a horse you have followed for a couple of runs wins at good odds and you have not backed it. Alas, Duporth did this to me on Sat...

Punting is a mentally draining experience, at times, especially when a horse you have followed for a couple of runs wins at good odds and you have not backed it. Alas, Duporth did this to me on Sat...

The winning spring carnival tsunami continues for the PPD Club's ace tipster Brian Blackwell with his Daily Specials notching success after success. At the weekend, BB struck with REAL LOVE 1s...