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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. ...
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...
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 ...
It doesn't matter if you are an intellectual or a fifth-form dropout, a form guide can bring you together on equal footing. Because form is the great leveller in racing. Each man can make of it...
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...
Latest betting markets for the Champagne Stks and Queen Elizabeth Stks at Randwick on Saturday (prices from TAB Sportsbet):Champagne StakesHELMET 3.20 UATE 5.50 SALADE 7.00 PANE IN THE GLASS 9.00 D...
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...
Darley's domination of the feature juvenile races continued on Saturday when Helmet overcame an interrupted preparation to win the Group One Sires' Produce Stakes at Randwick.The colt's half-length...
Darley's juvenile juggernaut rolled on at Rosehill on Saturday but trainer Peter Snowden slammed the door shut on a Blue Diamond start for Helmet.The Exceed And Excel colt became Snowden's ninth in...
Helmet failed to pass a crucial barrier trial test at Randwick on Friday, leaving his possible participation in Saturday week's Golden Slipper in doubt.The talented colt was ordered to trial to ste...
WHILE the dream match-up of racing's unbeaten stars Black Caviar and Frankel will not eventuate, at least one Australian horse is expected to tackle England's champion at Royal Ascot's opening in s...
Queensland Derby winner Shootoff will have to buck recent history if he is to be a force in the major Cups races this spring.The Graeme Rogerson-trained four-year-old will launch his spring carniva...
Banner colts Smart Missile and Helmet remain in the running to emulate So You Think in this year's $3 million Tatts Cox Plate (2040m) at Moonee Valley. The star three-year-olds are among the 59 hor...
Ordinary run at Flemington - and boom galloper Helmet has drifted from $2.40 to $2.70 for the Australian Guineas. TAB Sportsbet's Matt Jenkins says winner That's the One has been the big Guineas f...