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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 "...
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...
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...
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. ...
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...
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 ...
It doesn't matter if you are an intellectual or a fifth-form dropout, a form guide can bring you together on equal footing. Because form is the great leveller in racing. Each man can make of it...
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...
In this special two-part series, we publish extracts from a new book on greyhound handicapping called Spots ‘N’ Blots by Peter Manti, an American form analyst. The second part of the extracts will...
Melbourne Cup-winning jockey Blake Shinn is one of two riders reportedly being investigated for allegedly placing illegal bets on horse races.Fairfax newspapers have reported Shinn and Sydney jocke...
Change of stables for promising Kiwi stayer...Peter Moody is the new trainer of NZer Guns At Five, who went from maiden company to a win the Listed NZ St Leger (2500m) for Cambridge trainer Chris W...
Peter Snowden is stepping down from his post as the head trainer for Darley Australia and will set up a base in Sydney with his son Paul. Snowden will remain in his current position until the end...
Great to see popular Peter Snowden leading the national winners' tally. He's secured the trainers' premiership with 227.5 winners. PS says: 'It has been an unbelievable effort from a lot of good pe...
Well, you can't blame him...Peter Moody, it seems, is starting to fret over Black Caviar's ability to handle the long air trip to England for her much hyped Royal Ascot debut. He says: ''The travel...
The Peter Moody Show will be all glitter and lights this weekend...The champ trainer has a spread of top chances, led, of course, by Black Caviar in the William Reid 1200m at Moonee Valley on Frida...
Take pride in this effort...Warwick Farm trainer Joe Pride has swept past Sydney's current champion trainer Peter Snowden in the Sydney trainers' premiership after notching a winning double at Cant...
Promising Kiwi stayer Mr Charlie has joined the Peter Moody stable. The 4YOs owners reckon Moody's the man to take Mr Charlie to spring Cups glory. He's won three of his 11 starts, including a slas...