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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 "...
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'...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
Three weeks ago Joe Pride had a falling out with Power To Surprise in a stable mishap which resulted in a broken finger for the in-form trainer, but all is forgiven.Power To Surprise runs in the Ra...
Veteran star Sniper's Bullet, winner of last year's Railway Stakes at Ascot, leaves later this week for Perth to defend his title. Dual Stradbroke winner Black Piranha is also off to the west and s...
French raider Brigantin is set to start favorite in Wednesday's Geelong Cup (2400m) if early money with TAB Fixed Odds is any indication. Matt Jenkins of TAB told PPD: 'He opened $4 (second pick) b...
New Zealand trainer Alexander Fieldes has assured Racing Victoria Limited stewards that Melbourne Cup prospect Capecover is 100 per cent fit for Wednesday's Bendigo Cup.However acting chairman of s...
Paradise is Darwin in July. As you all know I was off last week for a few days visiting my daughter, with my partner Susie, and what a great break it was. After arriving on the red eye special into...
The forecast heatwave conditions at Rosehill on Saturday are expected to rob the Group Two Expressway Stakes of at least one runner - Utzon.The eight-race program has been put back more than an hou...
The Golden Slipper is the second richest race on the Australian calendar surpassed only by the Melbourne Cup, but the two races are polar opposites.With $3.5 million on offer, the two-year-olds sca...