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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...
Playing God, $3.60 fav for the Kingston Town Classic at Ascot WA, has come in for early support to win the Grp 1 race on December 3. A TAB Sportsbet customer placed a $10,000 double with the first...
The 2012 Melbourne Festival of Racing is likely to be one of the winners out of Playing God's breakthrough victory in Saturday's $500,000 Group 1 Kingston Town Classic (1800m) at Ascot in Perth. Af...
WA star Playing God is a clear $5.50 (9/2) fav for Sat's Australian Guineas at Flemington, according to the market released on Thursday aftermoon by TAB Sportsbet. The Neville Parnham trained colt ...
Trainer Neville Parnham has booked Hong Kong-based Brett Prebble to ride top Perth 3YO Playing God in Sat's Grp 1 Australian Guineas (1600m) at Flemington. Prebbble's in great form - be notched 4 w...
The 'mail' is hot from West Australia for Playing God...and trainer Neville Parnham seems as confident as everyone else that the classy 3YO colt will prove a tough nuty to crack in Sat's Australian...
A change in routine and a return to weight-for-age conditions has trainer Neville Parnham hopeful of back-to-back Kingston Town Stakes wins with Playing God.The four-year-old needs to bounce back f...
Star West Australian Playing God has been heavily backed to win the Makybe Diva Stakes despite his trainer declaring him vulnerable second-up in the Flemington feature.TAB Sportsbet has slashed the...
Neville Parnham has flagged the possibility of Australian Cup hope Playing God extending his eastern seaboard tour to contest next month's AJC Australian Derby.Parnham said the Australian Guineas p...
PERTH trainer Neville Parnham is heading back to the beach to have Playing God at his peak for an attempt at a hat-trick of Kingston Town Classics at Ascot on Saturday, reports The Age.It says: It ...
WESTERN Australia's leading trainer Neville Parnham broke through for his first group 1 victory when three-year-old Playing God scored a stylish win in the $500,000 Kingston Town Classic (1800 metr...