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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...
Many punters, and form analysts say you should always forgive a good horse one bad run. I don't completely subscribe to this theory. What I do subscribe to is that we should fully investigate the...
Inexperience in the saddle and a wide draw won't be used as excuses if Somepin Anypin's winning run comes to an end in the Hobartville Stakes.Somepin Anypin will be chasing a hat-trick of Sydney wi...
Group One-winning sprinter Gold Trail will round off his preparation for Singapore's KrisFlyer Sprint with a barrier trial hitout at Warwick Farm on Friday.The gelding will then travel to Melbourne...
Trainer Danny O'Brien says the Group Two Australia Stakes at Moonee Valley will bring on his Australian Cup contender Vigor for what he hopes will be the six-year-old's best campaign yet.Vigor had ...
From NEIL FRANKLYNLAME EXCUSE4g : D Green : Waterlea5 starts : 2 winsWin distance range : 1000mTrack conditions won on : DeadThis bloke didn't show much during his first three starts but made up fo...
Trainer Barry Baldwin admits Havatryst faces a big task from his outside draw at Doomben on Saturday.Havatryst, who has drawn 17 in the Woolworths Handicap (1200m), won his first two starts this ca...
Trainer David Brideoake is resisting the temptation to back up Warm Love at Flemington and will instead aim her at Adelaide's last feature race of the season at the end of the month.Brideoake said ...
If Grahame Begg had his time over he would not have given Group One winner All Silent a winter carnival campaign in Brisbane.The Randwick trainer admits that in hindsight, connections made the wron...
No excuses! Brisbane trainer Robert Heathcote is supremely keen on the chances of his slick sprinter Buffering in Friday night's Manikato Stakes (1200m) at Moonee Valley. 'There'll be no excuses if...
Michael Owen has his feet firmly on the ground when it comes to assessing Brown Panther's chances in Tuesday's Emirates Melbourne Cup, reports the Sporting Life (UK). Vintage Crop's ground-bre...