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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'...
When Michael Clarke drove Better Loosen Up to that thrilling victory in the Japan Cup last November, he not only put himself and the horse on the international racing map, but he thrust young trai...
There are two ways of learning: positive and negative. Plus and minus. And it is the fate of many punters to spend the majority of their betting lives in the latter camp. This is because of a var...
Sepoy might be the raging Golden Slipper favourite but trainer Neville Layt is more than happy with Karuta Queen who put on a devastating display in a Canberra barrier trial on Sunday.The Magic Mi...
Recently, I reflected on how betting options have increased for the keen punter since I began my punting odyssey way back in 1967. By far the greatest volume of betting, as I remember, revolved ...
And now, as they say, for something completely different. This month I’m interviewing William Mack, who is more than 80 years old and has been watching more Melbourne Cups than he cares to remembe...