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Each to his own. Know the old saying? In a way, it sums up betting. Some punters like to bet for a win, others for a place, still others love the quinellas or trifectas, or doubles. It's all a mat...
Victoria can proudly boast many of the best country racetracks in Australia. Quite a number of them offer spacious, testing courses which offer every runner a chance. The best courses, in my opi...
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 ...
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. ...
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 "...
Can any Practical Punting Monthly readers remember back to the 'dark' days before 1985, when there wasn't such a magazine as this? Doesn't bear thinking about, does it? In those bygone days, punt...
There are so many racetracks in Australia, all of varying sizes and designs, that punters must investigate the 'form' of these tracks, as well as the form of the horses. It is important to know ...
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...
Talk to any number of racing professionals and ask them to name the key 10 factors in their form analysis and you are likely to receive differing answers! It's the nature of the game. Everyone has...
If there's one thing that makes the four Melbourne racecourses stand out it is their complete difference to each other. You have the spacious, sweeping bends of Flemington, with its long 453 m h...
AIDAN O'Brien's hatched plan to win the Melbourne Cup last year failed so spectacularly that it has now been consigned to Cup infamy, reports the Courier-Mail.It says: Don't expect to see a repeat ...
Budabar's connections are hoping another quiet ride will again do the trick, this time at Warwick Farm on Wednesday.The last-start winner is trained by the partnership of brothers Jim and Greg Lee ...
In racing, and betting, patience often pays off. Patient trainers wait for the right races, patient punters, too, wait for the right races in which to bet. How patient are you? If you’re impatien...
Mark Zahra is the new jockey for superstar sprinter Scenic Blast when he tackles next month's Grp 1 Sprinters Stakes in Japan on Oct 4. SB's regular jockey Steven Arnold can't take the ride because...
PETER Moody didn’t mince his words about Juantorena , winner of Friday's Swettenham Stud Summer Championship heat, reports Racing Network. “He’s a good horse, there’s better things in st...
IF IT'S possible to sound diffident about gaining the opportunity to win a $2.5 million prize and with it one of Australia's most celebrated races, then Seymour trainer Shannon Hope did so yesterda...
NIGEL Blackiston is well versed in the art of being patient with his horses after being born and raised under the English system of training and spending time working with Australia's greatest hors...
The very patient approach...AJC Derby winner Ethiopia is likely to dodge the spring Cups, according to trainer Pat Carey. Ethiopia was hailed as a Cups prospect after his stunning Derby win at Rand...