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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...
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...
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. ...
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 ...
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...
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 ...
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...
It never ceases to amaze me how many people take up an interest in horse-racing, and betting, at a late time in their life. At a race meeting recently I got chatting with an elderly chap and at o...
Kiwi Melbourne Cup hope Harris Tweed suffered a colic attack on Saturday night but co-trainer Bjorn Baker has told stewards the stayer has recovered and is 'fine'.Latest Melbourne Cup betting follo...
Support is warming up for Kiwi stayer Harris Tweed for Sat's BMW...NZ Thoroughbred News says: 'Twelve months ago, New Zealand trainers Murray and Bjorn Baker cashed in on a slice of Golden Slipper ...
Veteran New Zealand jockey Noel Harris has scotched any rumours of retirement in the wake of his latest Group One victory in Saturday's Telegraph Handicap.Harris, 55 earlier this month, gave Tim an...
New Zealand stayer Harris Tweed has put his Melbourne Cup campaign on track with a hard fought win in Sunday's Bart Cummings (2500m) at Flemington.Trained by Murray and Bjorn Baker, the Montjeu fiv...
News from Kiwi Land...Caulfield Cup runner-up Harris Tweed is back in work and is to tackle the Australian Cup 2000m (Grp 1) at Flemington in March. Connections reckon the game battler is due to wi...
Hope reigns eternal...Kiwi trainer Murray Baker still believes Harris Tweed can win the Melbourne Cup and he's taking him back to NZ to prepare him for another crack at the big one in which he ran ...
If there is a chink in the armour of iron horse Theseo, New Zealand stayer Harris Tweed might be the one to expose it in Saturday's $2.25 million The BMW at Rosehill.The Gai Waterhouse-trained Thes...
Sizing us up again...Game Kiwi stayer Harris Tweed, last year's Caulfield Cup runner-up, is all set for another Aussie campaign. He is likely to tackle the Australian Cup but his #1 autumn target i...
Melbourne Cup roughie Harris Tweed will be out to salvage a disastrous spring for father and son training team Murray and Bjorn Baker.The Bakers travelled across the Tasman with four horses they ho...