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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 ...
JOCKEYS riding at the Sydney carnival will seek a meeting with Racing NSW officials to seek clarification on penalties for whip overuse, reports the Courier-Mail newspaper.Its report by Bart Sincla...
Despite the intransigence of the Australian Racing Board in refusing to listen to calls to change the new whip rules, jockeys will probably not take strike action this weekend. But they are not rul...
That Jason Coyle mystery deepens...Seems there was no blow-up with tycoon owner Nathan Tinkler or co-trainer John Thompson before JC quit the Patinack top-trainer nest. In fact, JC is all love-and-...
Considering the turmoil that Queensland Racing finds itself in during its biggest week, it is not surprising that there will be some anxiety in the Victorian thoroughbred industry about what impli...
Self-inflicted crisis...Racing Victoria, now fiddling with a crisis it created out of nothing, has decided to give steeplechasing another 12 months of shaky life. But if there are too many deaths i...
The whip rules controversy is moving swiftly to crisis point...A number of well-known jockeys are pressing for industrial action. The jockeys want the poorly-framed new rules to be thrown out. They...
Betting probe...Danny Nikolic's under stewards' gaze in what The Australian is calling a 'betting probe' into a famous Australian racing family. The Oz says: 'It is believed Betfair integrity offic...
THE Danny Nikolic case took another significant turn yesterday when the jockey appeared before Racing Integrity Commissioner Sal Perna, reports The Age.It says: Nikolic, his barrister Paul O'Sulliv...
THE horseracing interests of self-made mining magnate Nathan Tinkler are in deep financial crisis after having failed to meet the superannuation payments of its workers since November, says a front...
THE prizemoney crisis within racing is set to come to a head this week with the five provincial clubs facing a multimillion-dollar hole in their revenues for the next financial year, reports the Sy...