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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...
The good news kept coming for Ciaron Maher over the weekend with Jameka’s crushing Caulfield Cup win followed up by the four-year-old’s bright appearance at Caulfield on Sunday morning. “She ...
Jameka heads six horses in Saturday’s $120,000 Listed Talindert Stakes (1100m) at Flemington that hold a nomination for the following week’s Blue Diamond Stakes (1200m) at Caulfield, reports...
Punters are warming to a local Melbourne Cup chance with Jameka ($8.00), the only Australian bred horse in the field, best backed with TAB today. The third elect has had 18% of the money today, w...
Classy staying mare Jameka has shortened from $3.40 to $3.30 with TAB for the Caulfield Cup following the barrier draw on Tuesday afternoon. Jameka remains the best backed in the race, ahead of A...
Ambience and Jameka are breathing down the neck of Sacred Eye for favouritism in tomorrow’s VRC Oaks. Despite being the best backed horse with TAB, Sacred Eye has drifted from $2.80 to $3.50 si...
Jameka will carry 52kg in her bid to win the $3.15million BMW Caulfield Cup, after being penalised half-a-kilo for her dominant Naturalism Stakes win on Saturday. Racing Victoria chief handicap...
Jameka was always going to have to be exceptional to win this year’s Melbourne Cup from the moment the weights came out. Racing Victoria chief handicapper Greg Carpenter assigned the daughter o...
Jameka ($5.00) is equal favourite with Hartnell for the Melbourne Cup after her dominant victory in the Caulfield Cup on Saturday . "After electing to bypass the Caulfield Cup there is so much...
TAB has eased superstar Winx from $1.80 to $1.90 to win the Cox Plate after confirmation that Hartnell, who firmed from $3.50 to $3.00, will run in the famous race. “Cox Plate duels are as memor...
Winx remains the $1.90 favourite with TAB for the Cox Plate after her 12 th consecutive victory in the Caulfield Stakes on Saturday . “ Winx maintained her stranglehold on Cox Plate favourit...