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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...
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'...
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 "...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 she live up to expectations? Well, we will soon know if the hype is right for unbeaten Black Caviar. If she wins at Flemington today (Saturday) it will mean that only three months after So You...
There is a new princess of Australian racing with Black Caviar giving birth to a filly in the early hours of Saturday morning. The filly, who was born in the New South Wales Hunter Valley, has a ...
The fiancee of Stathi Katsidis has broken down at his funeral, describing the champion jockey as an "infectious" man with a huge smile who "taught me so much in life".Melissa Jackson found her fian...
Racing Victoria’s (RV) Chief Executive and Chairman have joined the growing chorus of racing industry identities to pay tribute to the late Roy Higgins. Higgins, who passed away peacefully last n...
The Australian flag has shone brightly at the world’s richest race meeting with the people’s champion Buffering producing a career-best performance to capture the Al Quoz Sprint at Meydan. The e...
WITH wins in the Caulfield Cup and Cox Plate, Bart Cummings has already left an indelible mark on this year's spring carnival, and the renowned trainer will have a big impact on the Melbourne Cup e...
Bart Cummings and his superstar So You Think were the talk of the annual Melbourne Cup parade - and they weren't even in it.The Cups king scratched himself from the parade to rest up for the 150th ...
Two of Australia's top races have been postponed until next week after a torrential storm flooded Flemington racecourse within 20 minutes.Jockeys agreed they were lucky that one of the three Group ...