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Lee Freedman is leaving his options open with promising young stayer Mount Everest.Freedman, who returned from the Gold Coast Magic Millions yearling sales on Monday, entered Mount Everest for the ...
Jason Coyle is loving life as a Sydney trainer and is hoping Subtle Cove will give Patinack Farm its first stakeswinner out of its Warwick Farm stables.Coyle, 31, relocated from a 20-horse stable a...
Keen fisherman Matthew Palmer is hoping for a big catch at Eagle Farm on Saturday.The 22-year-old apprentice, who loves to throw in a line at his canal home on the Gold Coast, will outride his clai...
Moments after the Golden Slipper is run each year, a statue of a jockey at the Rosehill winning post is painted in the colours of the victorious owner.John Singleton reckons they can put his blue a...
More Joyous did more than rocket up the Golden Slipper betting charts with a stunning win on debut.The filly confirmed that her trainer Gai Waterhouse might have a modern day freak on her hands.But...
Mick Price says he is a little bit nervous about Light Fantastic maintaining his unbeaten first-up record after the grey drew barrier one for Friday night's Group Two Carlyon Stakes at Moonee Valle...
Two-time Group One winner Theseo will be given his chance to become Tulloch Lodge's latest weight-for-age star.Trainer Gai Waterhouse confirmed an exclusive weight-for-age campaign for Theseo after...
Juvenile Alright Already surprised Gary Portelli with his debut victory but the trainer believes it will be no shock to see the colt defeat the much-hyped Manhattan Rain at Rosehill on Saturday.The...
Trainer Bryan Guy is trying to tread a diplomatic path at home ahead of the clash of stablemates Masai Pride and Pentacity at Doomben.Magic Millions Cup winner Masai Pride is part-owned by Guy's wi...
Golden Slipper hopeful Horizons has everyone at Tulloch Lodge excited about her autumn prospects after she held her own in a star-studded barrier trial at Randwick.The Choisir filly will have her n...
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 ...