Menu
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...
Jockey Shane Scriven has turned down the chance of winning the Group One Robert Sangster Stakes at Morphettville on Saturday to be reunited with Queenslander Burdekin Blues at Rosehill.Scriven was ...
Shane Scriven will replace injured rider Glen Colless when Queenslander Streets Away heads south for his Golden Slipper campaign.Colless has ruled himself out of making his comeback to partner Stre...
Shane Scriven isn't letting an appeal hearing which could decide his riding future cloud his ambition to claim a second Doomben Cup onScenic Shot."I'll win the Doomben Cup first on Saturday and wor...
Star Queensland sprinter Burdekin Blues will run in Saturday's Group Two Expressway Stakes at Rosehill with trainer Barry Baldwin altering his original plans because of what he believes are weaker ...
Tamworth sprinter The Jackal smashed the $1 million prizemoney barrier and earned another trip to Sydney for next month's Group Two Expressway Stakes after ending a near year-long drought at Eagle ...