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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...
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 ...
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...
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...
Brian Mayfield-Smith is hopeful that Orange County can overcome a wide gate to hold his Group One-winning form and become the third horse in five years to complete the Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes-Toor...
What a cracker for Christmas! PPD Club members for the right message from chief form analyst Brian Blackwell on Friday - the amazing BB tipped last-race Cranbourne winner BON ROCKET $7.90/$...
Trainer Mathew Ellerton finds himself in familiar territory with Sunburnt Land who is first emergency for Saturday's Gilgai Stakes at Flemington.This is the third time this spring the five-year-old...
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...
Danny Nikolic surprisingly hasn't got a ride in Saturday's Underwood Stakes which he has won four times, but he'll do his best to win the other Group One feature on the Caulfield program, the Ruper...
Rosehill trainer Tim Martin will try for his second Group One winner in the space of a week when Murtajill resumes in Saturday's Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes at Caulfield.Martin's courageous sprinter T...
Talented former New Zealander Alamosa will be on trial for the Cox Plate in Saturday's Group One Toorak Handicap at Caulfield.Mick Price has freshened Alamosa with four weeks between runs and the C...
Well known bloodstock agent James Bester has paid $1.2 million for a Redoute's Choice colt at the second session of the Easter Yearling Sale in Sydney.The colt was the only million dollar plus year...
Classy sprinter Grand Duels will have a delayed start to his autumn campaign but still has the Group One Newmarket Handicap as his major goal.Trainer Byron Cozamanis was hoping to have the five-yea...