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In Australian horse racing, most punters bet with bookmakers all their lives without ever learning how a bookie makes his book, and it is hard to beat a man at a job you cannot describe. Statsman, ...
In Australian horse racing, backing three horses in a race dramatically shortens the odds you are really betting — the board price is not your price. Philip Roy answered a reader who wanted to d...
Favourites win around 30 per cent of races and lose the other 70 — which is why betting every favourite in Australian horse racing grinds you down. A writer going by Mr Money took that apart for Pr...
You can back winners all year in Australian horse racing and still finish the year behind — that is a staking problem, not a selection problem. Philip Roy wrote about it for Practical Punting in Ma...
Framing your own betting market in Australian horse racing means putting a price on a horse yourself — estimating its percentage chance, just as a bookmaker does. Denton Jardine wrote this one for ...
A bookmaker's price is only an opinion — which is where framing your own betting market in Australian horse racing starts. Denton Jardine wrote this one for Practical Punting in August 1995, and he...
Ten per cent profit on turnover would make most professional punters in Australian horse racing ecstatic — and most, in fact, profit closer to five. Rick, who fits out hotels and offices for a livi...
Picking winners is one thing; backing them correctly is another — and in Australian horse racing, staking is where a good selector hands the year back. In April 1987, writing as Statsman, one Pract...
In Australian horse racing a wide barrier draw is worth almost nothing at one track and up to two lengths at another — the same number, a different meaning at every course. In June 1986, writing as...
At one Victorian horse racing track the home straight is 461m, and at another it is 200m. The punter who always backs the horse that gets over the top of them late is making the same bet on two cou...
In-form three-year-old Nobby Snip will attempt to emulate his grandsire Snippets in Saturday's Group One Galaxy at Randwick.Snippets claimed the Galaxy by 5-1/2 lengths in heavy conditions 24 years...
Impeccably bred colt Crystal Web scored a perfect 10 for his dam Crystal Snip when he defied an alarming betting drift to land an impressive debut win at Sandown.Crystal Web, a son of first season ...
Mutual Regard completed a clean sweep for Ireland in the four major races at York by winning the Betfred Ebor to prove beyond all doubt that Johnny Murtagh is going to be as big a force in the tra...
The PPD Club's popular ImpactPro ratings were right on the mark on Tuesday - it was another BIG winning day.
SANDOWN (H) 06/032 L'Esprit $18 - $6 ($400 @ $18, $500 @ $7), Black Jack Boy $9 - $7, Pixie Eyes $4 - $3.60 - $3.70 ($500 @ $3.90), Asterix $8.50 - $9 - $8 ($500 e/w @ $9/$2.72)3 What A Treat $9 - ...
TAB Sportsbet market movers for Saturday, March 3ROSEHILL 2 Don't Put It There $15 - $13 ($1000 e/w @ $15), Planet Purple $21 - $17 ($370 @ $21)3 Nobby Snip $3.40 - $2.50 ($2000 @ $3.40, $2000 @ $2...
Buffering has been rated the one to beat since betting opened on the BTC Cup on April 27, says TAB Sportsbet's Matt Jenkins. He told PPD: 'The Mossman four-year-old opened $5.50 but received immedi...
Most of us will never become professional punters. It may well be our 'dream' existence but the reality is far different. That doesn't mean we can't discipline ourselves to bet in a professional m...
Good ride, maybe...Glen Boss will ride Intencion if the Tony Vasil-trained colt secures a start in Sat's Magic Millions 3YO Guineas (1400m) at the Gold Coast. Intencion failed to gain a spot in the...