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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'...
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 ...
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...
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...
A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die and a new generation grows up that is familiar wi...
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...
The name Waterhouse has been synonymous with Australian horseracing since 1898 when a 21-year-old named Charles Waterhouse started his bookmaking career and began a bookmaking dynasty which contin...
Gai Waterhouse celebrated her seventh Sydney trainers' premiership when promising mare Moti's victory gave her a winning double on a dramatic closing day to the season at Warwick Farm on Friday.Wat...
GAI Waterhouse's Randwick stables are down on numbers with as many as 30 boxes empty, causing Sydney's highest-profile trainer to cut staff, reports The Age. It says: The Smith-Waterhouse stable ha...
Early Cox Plate favorite Pierro headlines nominations for the return of night racing at Moonee Valley on Friday. With a Cox Plate assault in mind, the Gai Waterhouse-trained Triple Crown winner get...
Local trainer Bill Prain will be happy to play the role of party pooper at Warwick Farm on Friday as Gai Waterhouse and Peter Snowden do battle for the Sydney trainers' premiership.Waterhouse, with...
Squamosa, rated by Gai Waterhouse as a potential international-class sprinter last week, has been given a clean bill of health in the wake of a heavy last-start defeat.Squamosa was cleared by Tullo...
Racing authorities will ask the NSW government to change the law after a court ruled that bookmakers Tom and Bill Waterhouse do not have to pay a 1.5 per cent fee on turnover.The Waterhouses succes...