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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...

I must admit to having a real soft spot for the old warriors of horseracing that front up week after week trying their best to win a race for their owners and us punters. Within the space of about ...

Some of Australasia's most outstanding jockeys will be on show in Saturday's $1 million Golden Rose but one hoop extremely disappointed to be missing out is Sydney's premier rider Nash Rawiller.Raw...

Josh Parr will never make a television critic.A month of enforced rest recuperating from a stress fracture to his L5 vertebra taught him just how much he loved being a jockey."For the first month I...

I knew the lure of Fox Classics would get to me eventually and here I am watching/listening to an episode of "Gunsmoke". Things will only get "worse" because I have only recently started subscribin...

There I was at Rosehill, half-way through the meeting and down to my last couple of dollars. Nothing unusual, because most of us have experienced the feeling. To make matters worse I'd lost my fo...

Some time ago a friend confessed to me he’d discovered why he kept on losing every year. “Too many little extra bets…you know, action bets,” he said. “It’s a shock to see how they add up and how ...