Menu
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...
Track bias is without doubt one of the most hotly debated issues in racing. It’s a dubious and tantalising mystery. If you believe in, and faithfully factor in track bias in your formwork, week i...
There's growing criticism of the bias at Rosehill - and much of it is coming from father and son team Ken and Richard 'Gets The Bikkies' Callander. Richie Boy blasted the inside bias on TVN and Ken...
DON'T BELIEVE IN CLIMATE CHANGE? WELL WHAT ABOUT TRACK BIAS?How You Feel About Track Bias? It seems to me that there are some things you can have opinions about, and that there are other things whi...
Track bias means many things to many people in racing. Even various commentators and racecallers seem to have their own ideas of what does, and what does not, constitute track bias, so a few words...
This month's article is on the influence of the "track bias" and barriers and how they may affect a horse's chances of winning. The article was written by the late George Tafe and is part of a boo...
Mention straight course racing and substantial wager in the same sentence, and I’m sure a fair percentage of the nation’s serious hard core punting brigade might just start to twitch a little. T...
Daring tactics from jockey Michael Cahill delivered trainer Tony Gollan a memorable day when Toowoomba sprinter Temple Of Boom won the Listed Mick Dittman Plate at Eagle Farm.Cahill was in deep pre...
As any old-time punter would tell you, there never was such a thing as biased tracks 'back in the good old days'! True or not, it really doesn't matter as today we live and punt in a very differe...
In the third article in this series, US professional Barry Meadow and PPM editor Brian Blackwell discuss various aspects of the task of picking winners. The topics range over most aspects of handi...