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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...
GET WELL BART!Bart is in hospital again, this time with a broken pelvis.Let's just use this blog to wish The Master of the Australian Turf a speedy recovery.Go Bart!
Hawkesbury Race 6 - TAB No. 6 (Mr Unforgettable) Caulfield Race 5 - TAB No. 5 (Arinosa)Caulfield Race 6 - TAB No. 3 (Vivid Vixen)Eagle Farm Race 3 - TAB No. 5 (Heartshaker)Morphetteville Race 6 - T...
RAIN, RAIN and MORE RAIN.Sydney's had the worst July week of rain in years and years. It means, for the punter, one word.It means DON'T.Two words?DON'T BET!!!IF they race, and personally I couldn't...
KEEPING THE FAITHAs promised, just a note here; and we can compare our thinking after the races are run.I've restricted myself to three. One's at Flemington and two are on the Gold Coast. As mentio...
You Wanted to KnowFor most of last year, we regularly received requests to stay with the progress of the pure white Newcastle filly, THE OPERA HOUSE.She races early on the program today at her home...
TRY THIS FOR FUN.But not for money! Let's just watch and learn (maybe) something useful.Certain well-fancied and spruiked horses can try the patience of a saint.Every week you see one of their ilk ...
QUADS? TRY EIGHTThere are twelve acceptors for the fifth race at Mackay.They are:CRAIGLEA MUSTANGCRAIGLEA MACCRAIGLEA ROMEOCRAIGLEA VIPERCRAIGLEA COBRACRAIGLEA SHANIACRAIGLEA FAITHCRAIGLEA PRISTINE...
THAT WAS INTERESTING.Here are the horses we identified (check my last blog to see why):Race 3: Zelsnitz and Sayahailmary (second at $8.00).Race 5: More Joyous (won, no prizes for that!) and King Mu...
SO WHAT HAPPENED?Check back on my blog, if you've forgotten.OK? Here we go then.UATE won, but that $4 was closer to the truth. A lip in it, but a win is a win to a punter! The caller got it wrong.P...
FIVE ALARM WARNINGIt's become crystal clear.DO NOT BET PREPOST.WHY???Well, let's take the Adelaide Cup. The market was out to blazes. Almost disgracefully so.Most of the more favoured horses were a...