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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 "...
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. ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Jon Hudson, a professional punter for many years, and now one of PPM's leading contributors, reveals the secrets of how you CAN make money at punting- if only you take the time. Is it really poss...
RACING Victoria stewards have opened an investigation into the alleged betting activities of a jockey, reports Racing Network. It says: RV deputy chairman of stewards Rob Montgomery con...
RACING Victoria stewards grilled Danny Nikolic for more than an hour last night as the exhaustive probe took another tack, reports the Melbourne Herald Sun.Stewards focused on the identity of about...
PACEMAKERS and their role in Australian racing will be one of the issues canvassed when the national chairmen of stewards' conference begins in Melbourne. Racing Victoria chairman of stewards Terry...
A DETAILED report by the state's Racing Integrity Commissioner has found that Racing Victoria Limited stewards acted properly when handling the investigation into betting irregularities allegedly l...
ALMOST four months after investigations began into a number of Dan Nikolic's beaten rides, Victorian racing stewards will today release the charges, if any, the jockey will have to answer, reports ...
JOCKEY Dan Nikolic said last night he would strenuously defend himself against two charges laid by Racing Victoria Ltd stewards relating to a six-week investigation into his handling of as many as ...
Oh, oh...The first big shock of the winter and it's Melbourne trainer Tony Noonan caught up in the controversy with his top mare Ortensia. Latest reports say Racing NSW stewards are keeping secret ...
More bad news for Peter Moody...He is now facing stewards "heat" in Sydney as well as the Melbourne cobalt controversy, reports Racing Network. Moody’s Sydney foreperson, Clare Cunningham, has be...
STAR galloper Theseo could be a surprise starter in Saturday's Doncaster Mile, but the Gai Waterhouse stable will be forced to find a new rider for the six-year-old, reports The Age.It says: Racing...
They are there in front of us every day. They hold the clues to winners. Why, then, do we consistently ignore them? I am, you may realise already, talking about stewards' reports. Yes, that 'old ...