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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...
Maluckyday - Lexus Stakes winner and runner-up to Americain in the Melbourne Cup - will not race in Melbourne during the autumn. Trainer John Hawkes is giving the promising stayer a light preparati...
Virus strikes...The autumn campaign of smart Whitefriars has been halted by a virus. Connections have told stewards that the 4YO will be now be spelled.
Doncaster fallout...Popular galloper Whobegotyou is OUT of the Doncaster and the entire Sydney autumn carnival. Trainer Mark Kavanagh says Whobe has a curbed hock and will be spelled until the spri...
Spring 3YO star Manawanui will be kept to a Sydney campaign during the autumn to target a Randwick Grp 1 double. Ruling out a return to Melbourne for the Australian Guineas and another stab at the ...
Caulfield Cup winner Southern Speed will soon be back in action...She kicks off an autumn campaign at the Australia Day meeting at Caulfield next week. But connections are not expecting first-up fi...
Black Caviar's brother Moshe has gone for a short break and will return in the New Year for an autumn campaign. Moshe has won his 2 career starts, the most recent at Moonee Valley last Friday night.
GAI Waterhouse remains hopeful that Caulfield Cup winner Descarado will be ready for the rich staying events in the autumn carnival despite being forced to send him back to the paddock, reports the...
Trainer Mick Price will look to the autumn carnival with Lankan Rupee, which won his second stakes race during the spring carnival in today’s TMB Printing Kevin Heffernan Stakes at Caulfield. ...
Oozing confidence...Gai Waterhouse is beating the drum for her star mare More Joyous. Gai reckons she won't be beaten through the autumn. More Joyous has won 10 of her 14 starts, including three Gr...
Trainer Mark Kavanagh has called a halt to stable star Shocking's autumn campaign, saying he won't race again until the spring.The 2009 Melbourne Cup winner pulled up "a bit jarry and scratchy" aft...