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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...
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...
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. ...
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 ...
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...
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 ...
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...
Beaded, winner of the Grp 1 Doomben 10,000, has occurred incurred a 1.5kgs penalty for the Stradbroke on June 11. It lifts the Peter Snowden trained mare to 53kgs. She is now exempt from ballot for...
Pay Me earned himself a trip to Sydney when he scored an impressive staying win at Eagle Farm Saturday.Pay Me ($3.90) was rewarded for his consistency when he steamed down the centre of the track t...
Trainer Pat Duff will be busy giving instructions to three riders in the Thiess Handicap at Eagle Farm but apprentice Owen Turpin will be the one most under pressure.Turpin has earned rave reviews ...
Sydney jockey Blake Shinn gave Brisbane racegoers a glimpse of his limitless talent when he produced two masterly rides to win the feature race double at Doomben.Shinn gave a stellar display on the...
Gold Coast trainer Leon Morton left Doomben aiming for the stars after his leg-troubled galloper Mr Slick returned to winning form with an action-packed victory in the $50,000 Asthma Queensland Han...
THE plaudits kept rolling in for Singapore sprinting sensation Rocket Man yesterday, but whether he beats Australian star Takeover Target tomorrow or not, the man who should know expects the mouth-...
Dick Turpin is gunning for Frankel after snatching Group One glory in the Premio Vittoria Di Capua in Milan on Saturday.Christophe Soumillon got Richard Hannon's four-year-old up in the final strid...