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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...
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...
Greyhound racing is probably the best system under which a punter in Australia can risk - or rather, invest - his hard earned dough. To my way of thinking there is nothing so good as a standout "...
You would like to back a winner every two selections? That’s a 50 per cent win strike. Some dream! But maybe it’s not so crazy. After all, picking two horses a race and making a ‘book’ by savin...
PPM reader Kerrin Brown has been enjoying success as a “lay” operator on Betfair. In this article he relates his personal story, and how he makes money from his operation. The first time I w...
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. ...
Fitness plays such an important role in horse racing, and so few punters really know much about how to assess it, that we assigned Statsman to set out in detail his own expert views on this import...
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 ...
This is Part 1 of a two-part exclusive interview with Australia's greatest professional punter, the late Don Scott, by PPM's Brian Blackwell. Scott discusses his lifestyle, his approach to punting...
Racing around the world takes various forms. No two countries offer the same scenarios as far as racing and betting are concerned. Here in Australia we are lucky in that we have a dual form of be...
When we look at statistics in horseracing, we are really looking at what the 'past' has created - a set of figures based on many years' racing, which are so levelled out as to be considered a real...
Many systems have a rule which states, “the horse must have won its last start”. This month we’ll examine this aspect of the winners of 660 races and see whether the rule is sound. We’ll also in...
QUEENSLAND Racing's chief handicapper Lester Grimmett said yesterday he was prepared to use his discretionary powers to keep filly Ortensia's Stradbroke Handicap hopes alive by ensuring she gains a...
Victoria Derby winner Polanski will run in the C.S.Hayes Stakes at Flemington on Saturday, says trainer Robbie Laing. The star colt's race return was delayed last weekend because of a skin infect...
Weighted out of sprint races in South Australia, prolific winner Periduki will have his first start for new trainer Todd Balfour at Flemington after being transferred from Mick Whittle.Adelaide app...
Atomic Force will have his first look at the Moonee Valley circuit in a track gallop on Tuesday morning ahead of Saturday's Group Three McEwen Stakes.The winner of the Group One Galaxy (1100m) on a...
Peter Moody will launch a two-pronged attack on Saturday’s ATC Sires Produce
Danny O'Brien has Australian Guineas aspirations for Keano who made up for a most unlucky defeat at Caulfield last start with a comfortable win at Flemington.The beautifully bred Pins colt, who cos...
There will be a touch of Spring about Caulfield this Saturday after the $120,000 Polytrack Sir John Monash Stakes (1100m) attrac...
TASMANIAN stayer Norsqui surprised even his trainer Walter McShane when he ran strongly to claim an easy victory in yesterday's $300,000 Mornington Cup, which has given him a guaranteed start in th...