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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 "...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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. ...
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...
Cox Plate winner So You Think will not run in Saturday's Mackinnon Stakes with trainer Bart Cummings reverting to his original plan to run him a week later.The three-year-old will now line up in th...
Superstar So You Think is odds-on to win Sat's 2000m Grp 1 LKS Mackinnon Stks at Flemington. TAB Sportsbet has the 4YO at $1.60, which in the old language is 13/8 ON. His main rival Shocking is at ...
Cox Plate winner So You Think will be back in action next Saturday. He'll run in the 2000m Grp 1 wfa LKS Mackinnon Stakes and Craig Williams is booked for the ride in the absence of the suspended G...
Mark Kavanagh says his horses are sick of chasing So You Think home but he can't see it changing when Shocking clashes with the superstar in Saturday's Mackinnon Stakes at Flemington.So You Think i...
The chances of master trainer Bart Cummings winning his 13th Melbourne Cup on Tuesday look extremely positive with champion So You Think outclassing his rivals in the Mackinnon Stakes.So You Think ...
In-form jockey Michael Walker says rival So You Think is unbeatable in Saturday's Mackinnon Stakes at Flemington but is looking for a good run from his mount Ginga Dude.Walker, who will ride Zavite...