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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. ...
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...
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 ...
This is Part 1 of a two-part exclusive interview with Australia's greatest professional punter, the late Don Scott, by PPM's Brian Blackwell. Scott discusses his lifestyle, his approach to punting...
Racing around the world takes various forms. No two countries offer the same scenarios as far as racing and betting are concerned. Here in Australia we are lucky in that we have a dual form of be...
NATHAN TINKLER'S $150 million investment in thoroughbred racing continues to be finetuned, with the owner-breeder yesterday axing trainers Jason Coyle and Gabrielle Englebrecht and racing manager M...
Jockey Peter Robl will long remember his first ride at Eagle Farm after he booted underrated filly Linky Dink to a stylish win in the $500,000 TJ Smith Stakes on Saturday.Robl had never previously ...
Gai Waterhouse will be represented by Northern Meteor in the race named for her father TJ Smith but the three-year-old will have to be at his best to overcome sprint stars Takeover Target and Apach...
Australian superstar Takeover Target is a best-priced 11-1 with British bookmakers after drawing in the middle of the 15-horse field for the Group One Golden Jubilee Stakes at Royal Ascot on Sunday...