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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...
International Cox Plate contender Gailo Chop has scored a dominant win in the Group 3 La Coupe de Maisons-Laffitte in France. It was a terrific return to form for the OTI Racing-owned star, w...
Preferment has attracted plenty of support in the last 48 hours and is now $9 to win the Melbourne Cup on Tuesday. The Chris Waller-trained four-year-old was $13 on Wednesday morning, bu...
MONGOLIAN Khan’s chances of becoming the 12 th horse to win the Caulfield Cup – Melbourne Cup double have been boosted today following only a 1kg penalty. The stayer firmed from $7.00 into $6....
MAX Dynamite has emerged as the punters' pick for the Melbourne Cup following today’s news that Mongolian Khan is a non-runner. The six year old stayer has been the second best backed horse in ...
MELBOURNE Cup favourite Fame Game has firmed from $4.00 into $3.80 and is now the shortest price favourite to win The Race That Stops The Nation since So You Think ($3.00) in 2010. Over 25% ...
Pride of Dubai has been a big firmer to win the Doncaster Mile after winning a trial at Randwick yesterday. He's been backed from $11 into $8. The boom three-year-old colt has been the most po...
The final field for Saturday's Cox Plate: Race 6 - 12:00AM William Hill Cox Plate (2040 METRES) Of $3,000,000.1st $1,800,...
Pia Brandt should have more than just visiting European support if she decides to campaign Bathyrhon towards the 2016 Emirates Melbourne Cup, reports racing.com. The Swedish trainer, who is based...
Criterion will start from an outside barrier in his quest to win Sunday’s HK$25,000,000 Group 1 Longines Hong Kong Cup over 2000m at Sha Tin. The David Hayes and Tom Dabernig -trained five-yea...
Trainer Brian Mayfield-Smith had his faith in Orange County rewarded when Damien Oliver took out his sixth Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes on the grey at Caulfield.Drawn awkwardly in barrier 14, Orange Co...