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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 "...
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. ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Jon Hudson, a professional punter for many years, and now one of PPM's leading contributors, reveals the secrets of how you CAN make money at punting- if only you take the time. Is it really poss...
Ready To Lift capped a great day for Gerald Ryan at Rosehill with her Kingston Town Stakes victory giving the trainer a winning treble and reinforcing her claims for the Metropolitan Handicap.Earli...
Ilovethiscity will not be the only three-year-old to have his Doncaster Mile prospects assessed in a traditional weight-for-age lead-up at Rosehill on Saturday.While the Randwick Guineas winner has...
Improving three-year-old Dusty Star has boosted his Australian Guineas claims with an all-the-way win in the Group Two D'Urban Stakes at Caulfield.Trainer Peter Morgan was in awe of the performance...
Apprentice Taylor Lovelock-Wiggins produced the ride of his young career to cause an upset aboard New Edge over Doncaster hopeful Faulconbridge in the Kembla Grange Cup on Sunday.The Canberra based...
Golden Slipper placegetter Mosheen has moved to $9 equal favorite for the Thousand Guineas after steady money arrived for her on Friday, says TAB Sportsbet. Bets of $5000 @ $12 and $1000 @ $10 were...
Gallica, a filly with a bent leg who was taken to Bairnsdale to break her maiden status less than two months ago, came up trumps when winning the Group One Thousand Guineas at Caulfield.It was an e...
Trainer Brian Mayfield-Smith had his faith in Orange County rewarded when Damien Oliver took out his sixth Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes on the grey at Caulfield.Drawn awkwardly in barrier 14, Orange Co...
Rebel Raider confirmed his place as Australia's leading staying three-year-old when he romped away with Saturday's Group One South Australian Derby at Morphettville.Sent out the favourite with on a...