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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...
Some 50 years ago, the name 'R.W. Wood' could be found on numerous racing books and booklets in Britain. He was perhaps the nation's best-known systems seller. Today, the publications that bore ...
In this, the final part of our series on the UK teacher and racing books publisher and author R.W. 'Georgie' Wood, we bring you more of his thoughts on staking and selection. Georgie Wood was a g...
Last month, I wrote about the life and career of R.W. 'Georgie' Wood, an English schoolteacher who created and published a string of top-selling books, booklets and systems in the 1940s through to...
This month, lit our look at the writings of the late R.W ‘Georgie’ Wood, we examine his thoughts on staking and selection. Wood was a great believer in ‘perming’ and linking multiple selections in...
If exciting colt Sizzling is half as tough as his trainer Kelso Wood, he's going to be hard to beat in the $2 million Magic Millions Classic at the Gold Coast in January.Wood was back at work last ...
Apprentice Mitchell Wood will be hoping to bring his outstanding provincial form to the city at Doomben on Wednesday.Wood grabbed some rare winter carnival limelight off the successful interstate i...
The Manfred Man Ka-leung-trained Heart Wood has been on the verge of doing something worthwhile, but the five-year-old gets his best chance to do it in the Ta Kung Pao 110th Anniversary Cup (1,650m...