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Queensland's Michael Palmer is hopeful of overcoming a slow start in the National Apprentices' Series when he rides the Anthony Cummings-trained General Chaos in the second heat at Canterbury on We...
Trainer Peter Snowden is confident Imvula will handle the step up to 2400 metres for the first time in Wednesday's Bendigo Cup.Snowden was quite satisfied with the Rock Of Gibraltar four-year-old's...
Greg Eurell has left the door ajar for Apache Cat to contest next month's Hong Kong Sprint should he rebound from a shock defeat and regain winning form in the Winterbottom Stakes in Perth.Eurell w...
Trainer Tony Vasil will decide after trackwork on Thursday morning whether to back up in-form mare Bird Of Fire in Saturday's Group Two Sandown Classic.The four-year-old daughter of Stravinsky woul...
Promising three-year-old Arjuna will go into his spring grand final a fresh horse in Saturday's Group Two Sandown Guineas.Trainer John Collins said he was always going to give the Giant's Causeway ...
Trainer Shaun Dwyer is confident his stable's fortunes are on the rise following a recent form slump and is confident of landing a treble at Doomben on Wednesday."Things are starting to pick up and...
It is anniversary day for classy filly Marveen and trainer Robert Smerdon is hoping it will prove to be a winning omen for her in Saturday's Group Two Sandown Guineas.At the same meeting a year ago...
Michael Clout's decision to sell his investment banking business to take up training racehorses full time seemed a risky one a few months ago but he was all smiles after Mondial Dame's upset win at...
Gold Coast trainer Lennie Wheeler is still searching for another Oompala despite savouring a rare city victory with Handon Hero at Doomben.Handon Hero provided Wheeler with only his fourth metropol...
Semi-retired veterinarian Ian Shaw has dabbled in training thoroughbreds for the past 42 years with limited success, but he had his day in the hot Canterbury sun Saturday when winning the New Zeala...
This is the third and final part in our series on the world's greatest staking plans. The approach featured is aimed at those bettors who want to back three horses per race on a race-by-race basis...
This month we again feature a reader's plan. Brian Hipper is no stranger to these pages, and he has cooked up a couple of staking plans that readers will no doubt be very happy to investigate and ...
One of racing's perpetual debates is on the worth of staking plans - do or don't they enhance a punter's selections by improving profits over those at level stakes. Practical Punting Monthly over...
I had a few letters from readers after last month’s article in this series, and one of them, Paul from Jindabyne, asked about “reverse progression” and whether it held out any hope for the punter ...
Since its inception, Practical Punting Monthly has done all in its power to guide and educate Australian punters. We enjoy some sales in New Zealand, too, and sincerely hope we have managed to off...
Much research has been done into staking and selection systems, but quite obviously - as many punters will attest still not enough to make racing a safe and reliable business! As has been stated ...
This is the second article in Richard Hartley Jnr's three part series on great staking plans. Last issue he introduced, the Rising One Per Cent Plan. Now Richard reveals details of the. Back-Up-Ba...
Some years ago, research was done into the profitability of certain 'angles' of selections. Recently, I had time to expand that initial research. I think the results are most interesting. Like m...
How prepared are we, as punters, to bet more than one horse per race? It's a question I pose to you very seriously because it's been my experience that most punters cannot handle such an approach....
How should you bet? The question is posed again and again. Many and varied are the answers. Experts, I suspect, will still be thrashing the subject over in 50 years' time! I could list dozens of ...