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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...
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 "...
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...
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. ...
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...
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 ...
It doesn't matter if you are an intellectual or a fifth-form dropout, a form guide can bring you together on equal footing. Because form is the great leveller in racing. Each man can make of it...
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...
Caulfield is one of the most famous race tracks in Australia and each spring racing carnvial it stages the famous Caulfield Cup.
Be a part of our coverage for the Melbourne Cup ... news, form, odds, betting strategies, free tips ... Practical Punting will keep you up to date on all the Melbourne Cup horse racing news.
VICTORIA Derby winner Lion Tamer, the established star of the Murray and Bjorn Baker training partnership, will miss the autumn carnivals in Melbourne and Sydney with a hock injury, but don't rule ...
The Tatts W.S Cox Plate is an Australian Group 1 weight-for-age championship thoroughbred. Held annually at Moonee Valley Racing club in Melbourne, it is one of the biggest races of the Spring Rac...
Emerging staying star Black And Bent is out of the rich spring and autumn carnivals after suffering a tendon injury.Trainer Robert Smerdon said on Wednesday he was unsure of the extent of the damag...