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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. ...
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...
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 "...
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...
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...
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...
South Australian jockey Caitlin Forrest has died in hospital overnight from injuries suffered in a fall at Murray Bridge yesterday. The 19-year-old had been leading the race when her horse broke ...
Looks like So You Think will soon be off to race in Europe...News broke on Wednesday afternoon that Coolmore has bought a half-share in the 4YO. The aim is to stand him at stud in the northern hemi...
No surprise that there's been a cynical reaction amongst punters to the news that leading UK bookmaker William Hill has completed its acquisition of Sportingbet's Australian business - for a whack...
Bart Cummings has returned to New Zealand in search of another so You Think, buying two colts by the champion's sire High Chaparral on the first day of the Premier yearling sale at Karaka.Cummings ...
Nick Williams confirmed on Sunday that he and his father Lloyd have acquired a part share in a trio of highly-rated Emirates Melbourne Cup entries. The father and son Macedon Lodge team now own p...
A combination of the world financial crisis and immaturity meant regally-bred filly Salutations didn't go through the sales ring as a yearling.Instead her breeder, Arrowfield Stud supremo John Mess...
John Sadler will aim dual Group Two winner Linton at this year's spring carnival after a prominent international identity purchased the five-year-old from leviathan owner Lloyd Williams for an undi...
Sydney galloper Under the Sun is heading south to take on Melbourne Cup favourite Puissance de Lune in Saturday's P.B Lawrence Stakes (1400m). The Gai Waterhouse-trained runner was disappointing ...
Money talks...Australian Thoroughbred Bloodstock has bought a share in a Grp I winning European 4YO - and the plan is to win the Cox Plate. The horse is Crackerjack King, winner of seven of his ei...
Unbeaten colt Fighting Sun has charged into contention for the Golden Slipper on TAB’s Fixed Odds market. Considered an $11 chance prior to winning the Canonbury Stakes at Rosehill, Fighting Su...