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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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Each to his own. Know the old saying? In a way, it sums up betting. Some punters like to bet for a win, others for a place, still others love the quinellas or trifectas, or doubles. It's all a mat...
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...
I am often asked which of the popular exotic forms of betting is the best for a punter. Of course to a large extent it depends on your punting personality, along with your betting bank, and to per...
Melbourne Cup winner Protectionist and UK galloper Snow Sky head the weights for this year’s $3 million BMW Caulfield Cup (2400m) with 58kg. The weights for the world’s richest 2400m hand...
Lloyd Williams' private trainer, Robert Hickmott, dominates the top of the Sydney Cup weights released today with four of the top five horses. Reigning Melbourne Cup winner Green Moon, along wit...
More Joyous has been weighted marginally above expectations in the Epsom Handicap but there are stable fears of a bigger burden by acceptance time.Gai Waterhouse's glamour mare was given 55.5kg - 1...
The Racing NSW Handicapping Panel has released weights for the 2010 $600,000 Group 1-Coolmore Classic run at Rosehill Gardens this Saturday (20th March).The weights for all other races will be rele...
Weights for this year's Caulfield Cup have done nothing to change pre-post betting on the rich handicap.Wagering agency TAB Sportsbet said its market was unaffected with the Peter Moody-trained Lig...
French pair Dunaden and Americain, set to embark on their second and third Spring Carnival campaigns respectively, head Caulfield Cup weights, which were announced by Racing Victoria General Manage...
Race 8 - 4:40PM Sportingbet Oakleigh Plate (1100 METRES)Of $400,000.1st $240,000, 2nd $72,000, 3rd $36,000, 4th $18,000, 5th $10,000, 6th $8,000, 7th $8,000, 8th $8,000 GROUP 1Handicap, Minimum Wei...
GAI Waterhouse believes her quest for an historic eighth Epsom has been made difficult by the compressed weights for feature races, which she's labelled "madness", reports the Daily Telegraph in ...
LOCAL Melbourne Cup hopeful Hawkspur, trained by Chris Waller, is a key firmer with TAB Fixed Odds after weights were announced this morning. The Queensland Derby winner has been allocated 53...
Stradbroke betting remains wide open following release of the handicap weights...All Silent remains the early fav at $8.00 (7/1) followed by Bank Robber and Danleigh at $9.00. Apache Cat is at $15 ...