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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. ...
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...
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 ...
It doesn't matter if you are an intellectual or a fifth-form dropout, a form guide can bring you together on equal footing. Because form is the great leveller in racing. Each man can make of it...
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...
A SMALL ANALYSIS OF A BIG TOPICWell the basic analysis didn't disgrace itself.The barriers wrecked a potentially superb field.I suggested that you needed to find the best (or best treated) amongst ...
(Follow-up to my previous blog entry, as promised)Well, Takeover Target won the Goodwood as a champion often wins: he worried those who underestimated him and then showed how much better he was tha...
We can learn a lot from greyhound analysts around the world. In my long time in the greyhound game I have derived many ideas from reading what others have to say. Pender Noriega is one of the gre...
I have yet to meet the perfect punter. Or maybe I have and didn't realise I was standing shoulder-to-shoulder with a genius. I guess there are perfect punters around. It's just that I never see...
In the first three articles in this series I laid out my general thoughts on form analysis for midweek racing. I suppose the main thing I want to stress is this: ask questions, not only of the fo...
Last issue I talked about the various important factors that, used intelligently, will enable you to narrow a field of greyhounds down to the main contenders. From that point, you can analyse thes...
In this article, Martin Dowling takes a look at some recent big priced winners and poses analysis questions about their form. He suggests that by examining why the longshots won we can be prepared...
In previous articles in this series, I've looked at how to streamline an approach to form and selection, and last month I provided a Ratings Guide for the various classes of races. We can use t...