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There are two groups of punters who invariably go to the races, or their TAB agencies, with the percentages piled high against them. They are the backers of favourites and longshots. No matter wh...
There are many problems associated with beating the trifecta. Punters probably don’t realise the task they are taking on when they tackle this bet. Question 1: Can you predict the 1-2-3 finishin...
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 "...
You would like to back a winner every two selections? That’s a 50 per cent win strike. Some dream! But maybe it’s not so crazy. After all, picking two horses a race and making a ‘book’ by savin...
PPM reader Kerrin Brown has been enjoying success as a “lay” operator on Betfair. In this article he relates his personal story, and how he makes money from his operation. The first time I w...
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. ...
Fitness plays such an important role in horse racing, and so few punters really know much about how to assess it, that we assigned Statsman to set out in detail his own expert views on this import...
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 ...
This is Part 1 of a two-part exclusive interview with Australia's greatest professional punter, the late Don Scott, by PPM's Brian Blackwell. Scott discusses his lifestyle, his approach to punting...
Racing around the world takes various forms. No two countries offer the same scenarios as far as racing and betting are concerned. Here in Australia we are lucky in that we have a dual form of be...
RANGIRANGDOO will be given the chance to break his Group One hoodoo in the Ranvet Stakes this Saturday, setting up a return bout with Theseo at Rosehill, reports the Sydney Daily Telegraph.It says:...
Star galloper Rangirangdoo will miss the spring carnival for a second straight year.Trainer Chris Waller said the decision had been made to try to protect the dual Group One winner for another tilt...
Jockey Nash Rawiller has been held to third favourite Rangirangdoo in Saturday's Doncaster at Randwick after Gai Waterhouse failed in her Supreme Court bid to allow him to ride Theseo.Rawiller is t...
Doncaster winner Rangirangdoo is a firm fav for Sat's Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Randwick, according to TAB Sportsbet's latest market.QUEEN ELIZABETH STAKES RANGIRANGDOO 2.30 MONACO CONSUL 5.50 ROAD...
Rangi's out...Doncaster Mile winner Rangirangdoo has been scratched from Sat's Grp 1 Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2000m) at Randwick. The Chris Waller-trained galloper was withdrawn at 10.24am on Friday...
Chris Waller believes Group One-winning sprinter Danleigh is the proven horse in Saturday's Group Two Expressway Stakes, and punters certainly agree with the Rosehill trainer.Danleigh has been stro...
Doncaster Mile fancy Rangirangdoo was kept up to the mark for next Saturday's time-honoured Randwick feature with a barrier trial hitout at Warwick Farm on Friday.The Chris Waller-trained gelding f...