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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...
Key issues are surfacing in the long drawn-out Danny Nikolic case...A ruling against the jockey could mean a 'gag' being placed on media interviews by jockeys. It also could mean they would have to...
The whip crisis...Seems like some big-name trainers are in 'full support' of the jockeys against the new whip rule...providing it doesn't inconvenience them or cost them a few dollars. The jockeys ...
The NSW Trainers Association (NSWTA) has thrown its support behind the jockeys' bid to have the controversial whip rules amended.Jockeys around the country walked off the job on Thursday after the ...
ARB chief Bob Bentley has dismissed the participation of owners, trainers and breeders in 'peace talks' to settle the whip crisis. In what will be seen as a contemptuous slap in the face for some o...
The Australian Jockeys Association will launch a major drive to have the controversial new whip laws amended next month when it meets members of the Australian Racing Board (ARB). A spokesman says:...
Even in an age when personal privacy is being crushed by governments and big corporations, the suggestion that jockeys should have their phones tapped in a bid to weed out corruption is a dangerous...
AUSTRALIAN racing is suffering a problem shared by most Western countries. As Australians grow taller and heavier, fewer and fewer have the shape and size to be jockeys and trackwork riders, and tr...
I was going to follow up my trainer blog tomorrow, or even Saturday morning, but as I will be chauffering a punting mate from Queensland this weekend and time may be an issue I thought I would have...
The whip rules saga has moved to another weird level with Chief NSW stipe Ray Murrihy warning jockeys that they could not rely on compensation from owners or trainers for breaking the controversial...
A rebellion is brewing against Racing NSW....The board and CEO Peter V'landys have been hit with a vote of no confidence by NSW trainers. Members of the NSW Trainers Association met on Monday night...