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In Australian horse racing, most punters bet with bookmakers all their lives without ever learning how a bookie makes his book, and it is hard to b...
In Australian horse racing, backing three horses in a race dramatically shortens the odds you are really betting — the board price is not your p...
Favourites win around 30 per cent of races and lose the other 70 — which is why betting every favourite in Australian horse racing grinds you down....
You can back winners all year in Australian horse racing and still finish the year behind — that is a staking problem, not a selection problem. Phi...
Framing your own betting market in Australian horse racing means putting a price on a horse yourself — estimating its percentage chance, just as a ...
A bookmaker's price is only an opinion — which is where framing your own betting market in Australian horse racing starts. Denton Jardine wrote thi...
Ten per cent profit on turnover would make most professional punters in Australian horse racing ecstatic — and most, in fact, profit closer to five...
Picking winners is one thing; backing them correctly is another — and in Australian horse racing, staking is where a good selector hands the year b...
In Australian horse racing a wide barrier draw is worth almost nothing at one track and up to two lengths at another — the same number, a different...
At one Victorian horse racing track the home straight is 461m, and at another it is 200m. The punter who always backs the horse that gets over the ...
RANDWICK trainer Grahame Begg has conceded Saturday's Chelmsford Stakes (1600m) at Warwick Farm could be a bogey race for his talented mare Secret ...
How do favourites fare in small fields? PPM's Jon Hudson set out to find the answer with this special probe into small fields, posing the question...
In the December issue of PPM, there were statistics which indicated that over 70 per cent of winners come from horses which are in the first three...
Greyhound punters playing trifectas face a particular help and a hazard limited field size and hot favourites. Both factors are interesting in tha...
For the businesslike punter, the extra and daily doubles can be a source of worthwhile profits. Most who bet on the doubles use a combination of h...
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In Australian horse racing, most punters bet with bookmakers all their lives without ever learning how a bookie makes his book, and it is hard to beat a man at a job you cannot describe. Statsman, ...
In Australian horse racing, backing three horses in a race dramatically shortens the odds you are really betting — the board price is not your price. Philip Roy answered a reader who wanted to d...
Favourites win around 30 per cent of races and lose the other 70 — which is why betting every favourite in Australian horse racing grinds you down. A writer going by Mr Money took that apart for Pr...
You can back winners all year in Australian horse racing and still finish the year behind — that is a staking problem, not a selection problem. Philip Roy wrote about it for Practical Punting in Ma...
Framing your own betting market in Australian horse racing means putting a price on a horse yourself — estimating its percentage chance, just as a bookmaker does. Denton Jardine wrote this one for ...
A bookmaker's price is only an opinion — which is where framing your own betting market in Australian horse racing starts. Denton Jardine wrote this one for Practical Punting in August 1995, and he...
Ten per cent profit on turnover would make most professional punters in Australian horse racing ecstatic — and most, in fact, profit closer to five. Rick, who fits out hotels and offices for a livi...
Picking winners is one thing; backing them correctly is another — and in Australian horse racing, staking is where a good selector hands the year back. In April 1987, writing as Statsman, one Pract...
In Australian horse racing a wide barrier draw is worth almost nothing at one track and up to two lengths at another — the same number, a different meaning at every course. In June 1986, writing as...
At one Victorian horse racing track the home straight is 461m, and at another it is 200m. The punter who always backs the horse that gets over the top of them late is making the same bet on two cou...
RANDWICK trainer Grahame Begg has conceded Saturday's Chelmsford Stakes (1600m) at Warwick Farm could be a bogey race for his talented mare Secret Admirer, reports the Daily Telegraph.It says: The ...
How do favourites fare in small fields? PPM's Jon Hudson set out to find the answer with this special probe into small fields, posing the question: Can you pick winners more easily? I know a punt...
In the December issue of PPM, there were statistics which indicated that over 70 per cent of winners come from horses which are in the first three or four at the home turn. The following, then, is...
Greyhound punters playing trifectas face a particular help and a hazard limited field size and hot favourites. Both factors are interesting in that they work in favour of the punter in striking tr...
For the businesslike punter, the extra and daily doubles can be a source of worthwhile profits. Most who bet on the doubles use a combination of horses. For example, they may have three horses in ...
The latest issue of Practical Punting Magazine is now available, just click on the green button for instant access. Thank you for being a member of our community of punters, we're glad you are he...