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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. ...
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...
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 "...
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...
The shortest way home is always on or near the inside rail. Well, that's technically true, as we all know, but we also know that many times it doesn't find you the winner of a race. Especially whe...
There are so many racetracks in Australia, all of varying sizes and designs, that punters must investigate the 'form' of these tracks, as well as the form of the horses. It is important to know ...
They call it 'deep state' handicapping. It's the method used by shrewd computer geeks to make millions of dollars on Hong Kong racing. The average punter has no idea of the penetrating analys...
South Australian jockey Caitlin Forrest has died in hospital overnight from injuries suffered in a fall at Murray Bridge yesterday. The 19-year-old had been leading the race when her horse broke ...
Luca Cumani has moved a step closer to an elusive Melbourne Cup win with the safe arrival of his three contenders for this year's race.The UK-based Cumani, who trained second placegetters Purple Mo...
Last-start Stawell winners and stablemates Exceptionally and Viva Delspec will take separate paths after they clash at Caulfield.Trained by Terry and Karina O'Sullivan, the promising three-year-old...
Stablemates Rothesay and Hus Der Lieften will take different paths on their way to a clash in next month's Group One Golden Rose.Trainer Gerald Ryan said the more seasoned Hus Der Lieften would run...
Internatiomnal racing supremo Godolphin will have a permanent presence in Australia from the start of the new racing season. John Ferguson, bloodstock adviser to Godolphin’s owner Sheikh Mohammed...
Godolphin's lack of success in the Melbourne Cup has made the global racing operation all the more keen to take away the major part of the $6.2 million prizemoney with either Lost In The Moment or ...
GODOLPHIN have rejuventated their riding stocks with the signing of William Buick and James Doyle as their retained stable jockeys, reporets Racing Network. Sheikh Mohammed, ruler of Dubai and fi...
Godolphin's Melbourne Cup ranks have been bolstered by the arrival of Modun from the Sir Michael Stoute yard. The 4yo gelding links up with Sheikh Mohammed's powerful operation after winning the Se...
Headline acts Sepoy and Helmet will compete on World Cup night in March but a few of their Australian stablemates will be headed to Dubai even earlier.Trainer Peter Snowden is waiting to hear which...
The strappers arrived at the stable in a limousine having travelled from England with their horses in a private plane.The mighty Godolphin racing corporation made its stylish, almost annual reappea...