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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. ...
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 ...
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...
Big bets and market movers on Saturday (from TAB Sportsbet):RANDWICKRace 2 - NEVER DOUBT MEOpened at $5.50 backed into $4.20Some of the bigger investments were $2,600 @ $4.80, $3,000 @ $4.20, $3,00...
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...
When Deane Lester talks racing, people listen. Deane’s rapid rise to the top of his profession has earned him respect as a key media form analyst. His peers are the first to say he’s shrewd...
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...
A friend said to me recently, 'What's all the fuss over this 6-Point staking plan? Is it any good?' I told him the fuss was over the fact that it could inject some excitement into one's betting...
The Craig Williams suspension affair is a joke on racing. What other industry would sideline one of its biggest stars on the eve of the nation's greatest sporting event? The question has to be aske...
Phil Purser runs the Just Racing website ( www.justracing.com.au ) and is a regular contributor to PPM. His new book, of some 628 pages, has just been released. This is an extract from the book. ...
Phil Purser runs the Just Racing website ( www.justracing.com.au ) which is always well worth a visit for its information and many thought-provoking articles. An opinion is just that, an opinion ...
Flemington Tue 1 Nov 2011@ 2:56pm on Mon 31 Oct 2011Track: Dead 4Overall penetrometer: 4.73Track rating variations: None.Rail LocationToday: 3 metres.Previous meeting 29 Oct 2011 - True.Last meetin...
Very heavy...Stewards downgraded the Caulfield track rating to Heavy-10 after 9am. The track was hit by rain through the early morning period. Officially, 24mm (an inch) fell overnight at Caulfield...
Flemington track report: 6:15amTrack: Dead 4Overall penetrometer: 4.74Track rating variations: None.Rail LocationToday: 3 metres.Previous meeting 29 Oct 2011 - True.Last meeting with current rail ...
Track's in good nick...Moonee Valley has a dead 5 rating for Friday night's Manikato Stakes meeting. Track boss Marty Synan says a penetrometer reading of 4.85 was taken at 6:30am .He says: 'We had...
Bad news at Randwick...The track rating has been downgraded to a Heavy (9) after more heavy rain on Thursday night. Racecourse manager Dave Hodgson says 22mm of rain fell in the last 24 hours. 'It ...
áPutting on a PumpkinThe retired ace commentator and thorough gentleman, John Tapp, frequently used to make the comment that the punter sometimes can leave his head in the cloak room and put on a...
Yes, But How Wet?If the Doomben Ten Thousand, one of Australia's biggest sprint races, wasn't being run this weekend I'd be tempted to go to the movies.Well not seriously. I'm addicted to racing wh...
Warwick Farm trainer Guy Walter is almost resigned to his home track conspiring against Villiers Stakes plans for promising galloper Straight Albert.Straight Albert, the Goulburn Cup winner in reco...