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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. ...
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...
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 "...
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...
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...
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...
South Australian jockey Caitlin Forrest has died in hospital overnight from injuries suffered in a fall at Murray Bridge yesterday. The 19-year-old had been leading the race when her horse broke ...
Jumping races still offer great opportunities for punters to make handsome profits- because the form standard is high. In this absorbing article, PPM's Jon Hudson tells you all about how to profit...
Gai Waterhouse has put Dreamscape over the obstacles to switch him on for his clash with weight-for-age heavyweights Racing To Win and Vision And Power in the Group Two Warwick Stakes at Randwick.I...
WHILE Victorian jumps racing is in a state flux, one of the state's notable exports is on the cusp of competing in some of England's most prestigious jumps races, reports The Age.It says: With jump...
THE Australian Jumping Racing Association yesterday claimed that the groundswell of support to overrule the decision to stop jumps races next year was overwhelming, reports the Sunday Age.It says: ...
Exciting jumper Pentiffic has the world at his feet after he completed a rare treble of wins culminating in the Grand National Steeplechase.If there were any doubts about an invitation to run in ne...
Victoria's jumps season should be a beauty! Scores of horses have got their 'ticket' and the season has been compressed and structured with the Grand Nationals set for July, not a month later...Pri...
THE metropolitan jumping season ended on a high for Ciaron Maher, Steven Pateman, Trent Wells and Fran Houlahan yesterday, but if jumps advocates have their way next year, the season finale might t...
THE Australian Jumping Racing Association yesterday delivered an unprecedented attack on the chairman and chief executive of Racing Victoria Limited and vowed to fight yesterday's ruling to termina...
Graeme Rogerson is prepared to assist John Wheeler in campaigning a team of horses for the jumping season in England.The two trainers provided the quinella in the Wellington Steeplechase at Trentha...
In this two-part article, Paul Bockman, one of Australia's leading jumps racing form analysts, discusses the key form factors he uses to beat the jumps. WHY THE JUMPS? Intelligent people often...