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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 "...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
Punters may bet all their lives with bookmakers and yet remain 'in the dark' about the way in which the knob-twirlers operate. As one punter told me recently: "All I know about prices is that I sh...
Let me ask you a question. If you bet on a horse and you see its price rise or fall dramatically, how do you feel? If you feel sick when the horse's odds spiral upwards and smug when they fall, I'...
So, racing is prosperinmg in Victoria? Well, maybe and maybe not. Latest reports say that despite one of Australia's iconic sprint races being renamed the Black Caviar Lightning Stakes, the Victori...
Bit of a war going on between Racing Victoria and the VRC over those planned prizemoney cuts...The SMH reports: 'Racing Victoria is urging the VRC to reconsider a proposal to cut prizemoney for sel...
Good news...Racing Victoria has unveiled increases to prizemoney levels across the state from Aug 1, 2012. Both metropolitan and country racing will be boosted by the prizemoney injection. The high...
With little light on the horizon with regard to prizemoney increases in Queensland, the Queensland Racehorse Owners' Association (QROA) has questioned the wisdom of the State Governments focus on i...
Scone sizzles....On May 13 and 14, Scone will offer some $1.9milion in prizemoney, by far the biggest amount ever available for a non-metropolitan carnival and a big lift on the previous record set...
A $10 MILLION hole in the prizemoney budget for 2009-10 has to be filled by the end of the financial year, the new Racing NSW board says, reports the Sydney Morning Herald.It says: As revealed in t...
The Moonee Valley Racing Club (MVRC) has announced a $2.5 million prizemoney increase for the 2009-10 season to almost $21 million, and made some key changes to its racing program.The prizemoney bo...
Wonder who's going to cop the blame for the VRC's expected cuts in prizemoney in the coming months. Apparently up to 30 feature races will be hit. The Melb Herald Sun says the VRC has advised Racin...
WHERE are all the two-year-olds in Sydney racing this season? Despite record prizemoney, average field sizes for the juvenile races are the lowest in years, reports Ray Thomas in the Daily Telegrap...
THE prizemoney crisis within racing is set to come to a head this week with the five provincial clubs facing a multimillion-dollar hole in their revenues for the next financial year, reports the Sy...