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The Christmas Stakes at Caulfield will be one the last chances for consistent galloper Itsamonty to win a feature race.Trainer Dean Lawson admitted time was running out for the seven-year-old who h...
Craig Williams will be trying to extend his unbeaten record on Amberino in the Listed Lord Stakes (1700m) at Caulfield.Trainer John Moloney said he was pleased to engage Williams for the five-year-...
Maligned galloper Mind Your Head has rewarded the patience of his connections and delivered on a six month plan to give trainer John Ledger his second Christmas Stakes win in three years.The six-ye...
Trainer Liam Birchley is eyeing his first international runner after flashy juvenile Sarge in Charge trounced his rivals at Eagle Farm to earn a trip to New Zealand.Birchley confirmed after Friday'...
A horse who failed as a jumper 10 months ago is set to provide the fairytale story of the Standish Handicap, the feature summer sprint at Flemington.Adelaide trainer Jim Smith has transformed five-...
Jeff Lloyd has officially been cleared to resume riding at Randwick this week.Concussed and hospitalised after a race fall in which Blake Shinn and Peter Robl were also injured, Lloyd said he would...
Champion jockey Damien Oliver will stick with Eclipse Stakes winner Eskimo Dan in a bid to win his first Listed Bagot Handicap at Flemington.Oliver had his first ride on Eskimo Dan last start when ...
Terry O'Sullivan says the extra distance of this season's Bagot Handicap, run over 2800 metres for the first time, could be the key for Ladies In Luck posting her first feature race win.Ladies In L...
Larry Cassidy will have one of his last feature rides as a Sydney-based jockey when he partners Sir Sensible in the Listed Tattersalls Club Cup at Randwick on New Year's Day.The New Zealand-born Ca...
Seven-year-old Epona Miss may have won only two races but trainer Dean Saxon isn't afraid to let her take on the best summer stayers in the Bagot Handicap at Flemington.Quoted an outsider at $61 in...
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 ...