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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...
One of America's legendary racing newsmen was 'Boots' Baker. He brought new ideas and revolutionary thinking to the US racing scene back in the '40s and '50s. The following are some of his ideas w...
Good to see Sth Aussie champ Clare Lindop riding successfully in the UK. Last Saturday, she scored a 1.5 lengths win aboard the Jeremy Gask trained Ivory Silk 9/2 in a 1200m sprint at Newmarket. Cl...
Aussie jockey Clare Lindop has won on a 20/1 shot at the Wolverhampton track in England overnight. She scored on the Jeremy Gask trained Chief Exec. He won by 2 lengths. The UK Racing Post says: S...
A star is born? Perhaps. Bubbly apprentice Alannah Fancourt certainly made an impression booting home Carry Me Bluey in Sunday's Sth Grafton Cup 1600m at Grafton. It was her 22nd winner in only 16 ...
Australian jockey Craig Williams scored one of the biggest wins of his career when he won ''Japan's Melbourne Cup'' on Jaguar Mail in Kyoto yesterday, reports the Sydney Morning Herald.It says: Wil...
The fairytale continued for knockabout trainer Michael Tubman when Chance Bye made it two wins from as many starts with an explosive performance in the Inglis Classic at Rosehill, reports The Age.I...
MURRAY Baker is happy with the barrier gods, but now needs the weather gods to smile on him in Saturday’s Randwick Guineas. NZ 2000 Guineas winner Atlante drew favourably in gate 5 in the $600,...
MURRAY Baker sounded an ominous warning to his pending Championship rivals when he declared It’s A Dundeel has “ever been better”. Baker said It’s A Dundeel is completely over the foot issue that...
Trainer Murray Baker says AJC Australian Derby winner Nom Du Jeu will start in the Group One Stoney Bridge Stakes at Hastings, New Zealand on Saturday, despite returning a positive test to a banned...
Brett Prebble took over the Happy Valley meeting last night and took his leave until international day with another winning treble to stretch his lead at the top of the jockeys' leaderboard.He star...