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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. ...
Victoria can proudly boast many of the best country racetracks in Australia. Quite a number of them offer spacious, testing courses which offer every runner a chance. The best courses, in my opi...
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...
Each to his own. Know the old saying? In a way, it sums up betting. Some punters like to bet for a win, others for a place, still others love the quinellas or trifectas, or doubles. It's all a mat...
Big bets and market movers on Saturday (from TAB Sportsbet):RANDWICKRace 2 - NEVER DOUBT MEOpened at $5.50 backed into $4.20Some of the bigger investments were $2,600 @ $4.80, $3,000 @ $4.20, $3,00...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
In this series of articles, Denton Jardine and The Optimist chat about ideas for successful trifecta betting. As the series continues, we will also be bringing you the ideas of various experts fro...
Look out for Sandown Guineas winner So Swift in the New Year. He's having a spell right now but trainers Bill and Symon Wilde have earmakred a key target for him in 2012 - the South Australian Derb...
Sandown Guineas winner So Swift will kick off an autumn campaign ultimately aimed at the South Australian Derby in May when he resumes in Saturday's $90,000 Bendigo Guineas.Warrnambool trainer Symo...
Warrnambool father and son co-trainers Bill and Symon Wilde landed their biggest success when So Swift scored a surprise win in the Group Two Sandown Guineas thanks to a masterly ride by Craig Will...
The Victorians will be out to plunder their second feature staying race in Sydney this month when Full Peal lines up in Monday's Group Three Summer Cup.Just over two weeks after Sea Galleon made a ...
A change of scenery at a new stable has turned around the career of the former Lee Freedman-trained four-year-old Asphalt Jungle.Still a maiden and a noted rogue when he joined the Bill and Symon W...
Warrnambool trainers Bill and Symon Wilde expect they won't know until final acceptances next Tuesday whether Baughurst will line up in the Caulfield Cup, but a leading corporate bookmaker believes...
THE father-and-son training partnership of Bill and Symon Wilde won just one race during their home-town carnival but thankfully it was one of the races that mattered as Hissing Sid made it back-to...
Hissing Sid earned a Brisbane Cup start when he revelled in the heavy conditions to win his second Warrnambool Cup.Prepared by Warrnambool dentist Bill Wilde and his son Symon, Hissing Sid hadn't w...