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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. ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Twelve months after giving trainer Joan Pracey one of the biggest thrills of her career, Upstacker will head to Hawkesbury on Saturday in an attempt to trump it.The gelding claimed the two-year-old...
Warrnambool trainer Aaron Purcell is chasing his biggest flat win in the Group Two Sandown Guineas with Yorkshire Lad who has exceeded stable expectations this campaign.Purcell, best known as the t...
FOR the owners of fillies and mares running in one of the 11 stakes races taking place on the eastern seaboard today, a win or placing will all but guarantee a career in the breeding barn and add a...
Pin-up mare Forensics holds a special place in trainer Peter Snowden's heart.And while his heart wants her to win Saturday's Queen Of The Turf Stakes, Snowden's head knows she faces a big task.The ...
Flemington trainer Brian Mayfield-Smith says the decision to geld Gran Sasso at the end of last year has been the key to his significant improvement this campaign.Gran Sasso has always been a consi...
Brilliant sprinter Eight Bills is set to give Dean Yendall a feature win in the Listed Wangoom Handicap at Warrnambool on Wednesday.Yendall, 36, returned to race riding with one mount at Sandown on...
Anthony Bolden will be out to land the biggest win of his training career when Brookton Mist lines up in Saturday's Macdonald Steeplechase.The meeting has been transferred to Sandown from its origi...