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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 ...
THE Victorian and indeed Australian breeding industry avoided international catastrophe on Wednesday as the Federal Court ruled against the introduction of artificial insemination practices in the ...
Patinack Farm will match Darley for numbers in a bid to thwart the rival breeding and racing operation's bid for the Sydney two-year-old triple crown.Darley is on the verge of triple crown glory af...
Anthony Cummings is confident promising two-year-old Magnier can hold his own when he steps up to metropolitan class at Caulfield providing he handles the likely rain-affected track.The colt impres...
The broodmare barn is still more than a year away for talented Kiwi mare Barinka who could earn a Group One Winter Stakes start with a good performance in the Listed Eye Liner Stakes at Ipswich.Lev...
Stakeswinning Canberra mare Bacchanal Woman's outstanding work at home has delayed plans to send her to the broodmare's barn and has connections hoping to enhance her value by landing Group success...
Are the financial clouds about to darken Nathan Tinkler's racing empire? This seems to be the suggestion in a major article in The Age/SMH newspapers on Friday. It says: 'Fairfax can reveal that in...