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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...
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...
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 "...
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 ...
Let me ask you a question. If you bet on a horse and you see its price rise or fall dramatically, how do you feel? If you feel sick when the horse's odds spiral upwards and smug when they fall, I'...
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...
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...
Jon Hudson, a professional punter for many years, and now one of PPM's leading contributors, reveals the secrets of how you CAN make money at punting- if only you take the time. Is it really poss...
They call it 'deep state' handicapping. It's the method used by shrewd computer geeks to make millions of dollars on Hong Kong racing. The average punter has no idea of the penetrating analys...
Hartnell has firmed from $6.00 into $4.00 for the Cox Plate after yesterday’s brilliant victory in the Turnbull Stakes, but Winx still remains the one to beat as the $1.80 favourite with TAB. Yes...
Trainer Mick Price is confident we'll see a big Doncaster bid by Aloha, currently at 9/1. She gets a weight drop from the 57kgs she carried in Sat's Ryder Stakes to 51kgs in the Doncaster Mile. Pr...
Trainer Bryan Guy believes a favourable weight and perfect barrier can send Eleda out a winner at Doomben on Saturday before she is aimed at next year's winter carnival.Eleda, who will line up in t...
HE DROPS a whopping 4.5 kilograms in weight, but Australia's best jumper Black And Bent will be at his most vulnerable on Sunday when he tackles the $100,000 Lafferty Hurdle at Warrnambool, accordi...
Tiamo Grace has firmed from $7.00 to $4.40 with TAB to win the Crown Oaks after her impressive victory in the Wakeful Stakes. Yankee Rose remains a clear favourite for Thursday’s feature ...
A considerable weight drop should help offset the rise in class for lightly-raced mare Royal Rock who is chasing an overdue win in the Mona Lisa Stakes at Wyong.The four-year-old goes into Sunday's...
The lure of bigger prizemoney prompted trainer Luke Griffith to chose a wet Warwick Farm over Canterbury for in-form country mare Sugera this weekend.The winner of her past three starts, Sugera was...
Tim Martin is hoping a drop in class can be the catalyst for stakes-placed filly Lohan returning to winning form at Canterbury on Wednesday.The three-year-old resumes in the Grand Pavilion Handicap...
Adelaide trainer Paul Beshara has opted for a drop in class at Sandown on Wednesday for multiple Group placegetter Happy Trails after he was balloted out of a race at Caulfield last weekend.The Goo...
Stradbroke Handicap favourite All Silent has received the weight trainer Grahame Begg expected, but more than he had hoped for, in the Brisbane feature.All Silent was given 54.5 kilograms when weig...