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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. ...
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 ...
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...
Victoria can proudly boast many of the best country racetracks in Australia. Quite a number of them offer spacious, testing courses which offer every runner a chance. The best courses, in my opi...
The great 'corruption in racing' probe continues...and now it's alleged that top jockey Mark Zahra is embroiled in the Smoking Aces race-fixing scandal. The Age says it can also reveal that the Aus...
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...
The impact of 'weight' on any horse is invariably a key talking point every raceday. When it's said that a horse is 'well-weighted' for a race it means that it's considered the horse is favourably...
Can any Practical Punting Monthly readers remember back to the 'dark' days before 1985, when there wasn't such a magazine as this? Doesn't bear thinking about, does it? In those bygone days, punt...
In this series of articles, Denton Jardine and The Optimist chat about ideas for successful trifecta betting. As the series continues, we will also be bringing you the ideas of various experts fro...
Big bets and market movers on Saturday (from TAB Sportsbet):RANDWICKRace 2 - NEVER DOUBT MEOpened at $5.50 backed into $4.20Some of the bigger investments were $2,600 @ $4.80, $3,000 @ $4.20, $3,00...
Bring it on again...Dermot Weld is looking at another Melbourne Cup triumph, this time with his quality staying mare Profound Beauty. She'll kick off her trek to a second run in the Cup when she ta...
Melbourne Cup aspirant Holberg is still in the mix for a trip to Australia despite being beaten in a 2400m race at Kempton.Holberg made ground late to run second in the Group Three September Stakes...
Hail, anothe Aussie hero! Clare Lindop has ridden her second winner in the UK. She booted home Mediciean Man 8/1 for fellow Aussie Jeremy Gask at Doncaster overnight.Later she was beaten a head int...
All ready for another try...Red Cadeaux, runner-up in last year's Melbourne Cup, is being primed for a second Cup bid. He ran 2nd at Kempton Park UK, btn 1.5 lens in the Grp 3 Sagaro Stakes (2m, 32...
We hear a lot about the 'second-up syndrome'. Those who believe in it make the sweeping generalisation that horses racing second-up from a spell never win. They avoid them like the plague. But wh...
Two scratchings from the final field of 16 are needed if second favourite Intencion is to gain a start in the $1 million Magic Millions Guineas.The Tony Vasil-trained colt just failed to gain the n...
Zeebox, the leading social second-screen app, today announced that 13 new broadcast networks have signed on as strategic partners, joining Network Ten and Foxtel in backing the universal, cross-c...
Second Effort ($5.50) has been the centre of a good move in the Sir John Monash Stakes at Caulfield on Saturday, firming from $11. Punters are banking on a wet track giving Second Effort the edge; ...
There were a number of horses racing second-up from spells at Eagle Farm on December 5. All lost. At Sandown that day, there were 11 horses in that category. All lost. At Rosehill, there were six....
Hot Snitzel's dud second-up record doesn't faze trainer Gerald Ryan but he is wary of Group Two Hobartville Stakes rival Manawanui.Hot Snitzel held Manawanui at bay by a long head when the pair cla...