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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...
In just over 40 years on the punt I have read many articles about the flamboyant punters of the past. Felipe Ysmael and Eddie Birchley, aka The Fireman, are two that come to mind immediately in ...
Eight winning tickets including one belonging to a punter who staked just STG2 have won a share of Britain's Scoop6 pool, each taking home STG437,011.39 ($A1.06 million).The win fund reached a mass...
TRAINER Peter Moody expects his unbeaten colt Master Harry to be hard to beat when he resumes in today's Vain Stakes at Caulfield but he warned the colt was no certainty to chase a Caulfield Guinea...
Leading trainer Peter Moody says lightly-raced three-year-old Master Harry is extremely unlikely to take his place in Saturday's Kensington Stakes at Flemington.The chestnut Magic Albert colt was o...
Trainer Peter Moody says Master Harry has a job ahead of him to match the more experienced three-year-olds when he resumes in the Listed Vain Stakes at Caulfield.Master Harry captured the imaginati...
The story of the day at Warrnambool was apprentice jockey Harry Coffey who notched up his first treble of wins at a TAB meeting.The popular young rider, who has Cystic Fibrosis, achieved the feat i...