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Each to his own. Know the old saying? In a way, it sums up betting. Some punters like to bet for a win, others for a place, still others love the quinellas or trifectas, or doubles. It's all a mat...
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...
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 ...
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. ...
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 "...
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...
There are so many racetracks in Australia, all of varying sizes and designs, that punters must investigate the 'form' of these tracks, as well as the form of the horses. It is important to know ...
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...
Talk to any number of racing professionals and ask them to name the key 10 factors in their form analysis and you are likely to receive differing answers! It's the nature of the game. Everyone has...
If there's one thing that makes the four Melbourne racecourses stand out it is their complete difference to each other. You have the spacious, sweeping bends of Flemington, with its long 453 m h...
The final field for Sat's Doncaster Mile (1600m, Grp 1) at Randwick (barrier draw later) has been announced. Rangirangdoo is to cary the #1 saddlecloth. He has 58kgs top weight. A wet track is bein...
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...
Last year's Melbourne Cup winner Americain has been given topweight of 58kgs for the $2.5 million Caulfield Cup on October 15. Weights were issued on Tuesday morning by Racing Victoria's chief hand...
Top miler Theseo heads the final acceptances for Sat's Grp 1 Doncaster Hdcp at Randwick. The field of 21 (inc one emergency) is:RANDWICK Acceptances on Saturday 17th April, 2010TAB MEETING. Rail: O...
Ilovethiscity will not be the only three-year-old to have his Doncaster Mile prospects assessed in a traditional weight-for-age lead-up at Rosehill on Saturday.While the Randwick Guineas winner has...
Caulfield Cup winner Descarado has copped a 1.5kgs penalty for the Melbourne Cup. It gives the Gai Waterhouse-trained 4YO exemption from the ballot for the and leapfrogs him to the top of the order...
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 for the ...
Chris Waller certainly has a strong three-pronged hand in Sat's Grp 1 Doncaster at Randwick. Triple Honour, Danleigh and Rangirangdoo make up his attack team. CW says: 'It's all gone very well in t...
It's a fair cop, guvnor! UK trainer Ed Dunlop says Red Cadeaux's increased 2012 Melbourne Cup weight is "fair" ahead of the stayer's second bid to land the Melbourne Cup. He missed out by that famo...