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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...
Let me ask you a question. If you bet on a horse and you see its price rise or fall dramatically, how do you feel? If you feel sick when the horse's odds spiral upwards and smug when they fall, I'...
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 "...
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...
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...
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. ...
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...
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...
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...
Tim Haley won nearly $AI.5 million on the thoroughbreds last year. Which was better than 2001, in which he earned $1.23 million, and certainly better than 2000 when he pocketed a measly $965,000. ...
In last month's September PPM, we began the story of the successful betting exploits of the US professional Tim Haley, as related by American expert Barry Meadow. This is the second part of Barry'...
Tribute to Reece...Rosehill trainer Tim Martin will saddle up Monton for the last at Rosehill today with Reece Potter in mind. Potter died earlier this week after a race fall at the Tottenham picni...
Apprentice Tim Bell's appeal against a nine meeting suspension he copped at Wyong on Dec 23 has been dismissed. The Racing NSW Appeal Panel, however, has reduced his suspension by one meeting. Bell...
Tamworth-based Timothy Bell, the leading apprentice in NSW, is expected to join the Peter Snowden stable in Sydney. Bell, 17, indentured to Sue Grills, will move in about four months. Australia-wid...
LANDING his first Group 1 win in three years with Fibrillation may be the main priority for Tim Martin over the weekend but the Rosehill trainer still has a handy team entered for his home track to...
Young gun apprentice Tim Bell could get the opportunity to ride in a Group One race at Randwick on Saturday if Border Rebel runs in the Galaxy.Trainer Sue Grills said she would wait until she studi...
ALREADY riding the crest of a winning wave, Rosehill trainer Tim Martin is out to snare more Christmas riches at Randwick on Saturday when Scouting Wide lines up in the Summer Cup, reports the Sydn...
The weather will determine if trainer Tim Martin gets an early shot at Group One glory in Brisbane this winter.The trainer has Queensland carnival aspirations for handy mare Fibrillation, who has r...