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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 "...
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...
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...
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. ...
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 ...
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...
Punters may bet all their lives with bookmakers and yet remain 'in the dark' about the way in which the knob-twirlers operate. As one punter told me recently: "All I know about prices is that I sh...
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'...
Caulfield is one of the most famous race tracks in Australia and each spring racing carnvial it stages the famous Caulfield Cup.
Sensible stuff...NSW Gaming and Racing Minister Kevin Greene has OKd a move for NSW bookmakers to operate using Internet access on racecourses. It gives them access to the national betting market i...
He's back (almost)...Former bookmaker Neville Clements has won his appeal against his warning-off from all Victorian racecourses, but he must wait for a further appeal against a similar ruling by Q...
Tom Miscannon might live in Florida, but he is midway through a trip that will see him visit more racetracks in south-east Australia in three weeks than most Victorians will see in a year. It is...
Speaking at his pre-season press briefing at Sha Tin Racecourse last Saturday (Sept 1), the Hong Kong Jockey Club's Chief Executive Officer Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges outlined the Club's commitme...
The Victorian government has endorsed recommendations from a review into an incident involving spectators during this year's Grand Annual Steeplechase.Educational programs about the risks of runawa...
Dragged, kicking and screaming, into the new century...Racing NSW has announced that punters can now bring their laptops to meetings! Hooray! So there is such a thing as enlightenment. The official...
THE Baillieu government has approved one of Melbourne's largest inner-city residential developments at the historic Caulfield racetrack, leaving some residents ''bitterly disappointed'' and warning...
A PLANNED multimillion-dollar makeover of the Moonee Valley track was given the thumbs down by international trainers yesterday, reports The Age.Its report adds: Since overseas horses began coming ...