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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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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 ...
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...
Weights have been released for the Melbourne Cup and the following is the latest market from TAB Sportsbet listing the odds on August 5 (at left) and today for the key runners up to 30/1. Current f...
For years and years the catch cry of form students has been weights, weights and nothing but weights however in recent times there has been a movement in the punting world that believe this worth c...
The Racing NSW Handicapping Panel has released weights for the 2010 $600,000 Group 1-Coolmore Classic run at Rosehill Gardens this Saturday (20th March).The weights for all other races will be rele...
Weights for this year's Caulfield Cup have done nothing to change pre-post betting on the rich handicap.Wagering agency TAB Sportsbet said its market was unaffected with the Peter Moody-trained Lig...
Melbourne Cup winner Protectionist and UK galloper Snow Sky head the weights for this year’s $3 million BMW Caulfield Cup (2400m) with 58kg. The weights for the world’s richest 2400m hand...
Lloyd Williams' private trainer, Robert Hickmott, dominates the top of the Sydney Cup weights released today with four of the top five horses. Reigning Melbourne Cup winner Green Moon, along wit...
Weights are out but no changes in the market for the Caulfield Cup...That's the word from TAB Sportsbet. It says the main firmers since betting opened on August 5 are as follows:$5,000 @ $11 Lights...
TAB has adjusted the prices of several runners after today's announcement of the Melbourne Cup weights. Trip To Paris and Snow Sky were the biggest firmers, $18-$16 respectively. Snow Sky will...
GAI Waterhouse believes her quest for an historic eighth Epsom has been made difficult by the compressed weights for feature races, which she's labelled "madness", reports the Daily Telegraph in ...
A study of the Newmarket Handicap weights this week will determine whether the Group One feature at Flemington is part of the autumn program for gun sprinter Hay List and heir apparent Rain Affair....