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Warrnambool Tips Thursday: Matt Welsh’s best bets and value plays
Matt Welsh previews Thursday’s Warrnambool meeting, sharing his best bets and value plays across the card.
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Warrnambool Tips Thursday: Matt Welsh’s best bets and value plays
Matt Welsh previews Thursday’s Warrnambool meeting, sharing his best bets and value plays across the card.
Wyong Tips: Dean Watling’s two best bets for Thursday
Two races, two best bets. Dean Watling has identified his strongest plays for Thursday's Wyong meeting.
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One Pool, two stories: where the tote won and lost on Cox Plate day
Cox Plate Day put two tote issues side by side. At Flemington, where pools were merged with Hong Kong, the...
Caulfield Cup fall critics have it wrong, The Age defends Cup coverage, picture perfect Flemington as boardroom tensions simmer, Purton’s unfair whack, Waller’s favourite Cox Plate, no interstate rivalry for track managers and all eyes on the blue bloods
Paul Tatnell covers off on the big issues of the week his Backmarkers column
Long lunches, bruised egos and a VRC boardroom battle, Hong Kong invasion as Everest fever grips, Caulfield’s $97m betting bonanza, No nerves and or complaints from McEvoy, Maher makes his call – Everest or Caulfield Cup?
Paul Tatnell covers off on the big issues of the week his Backmarkers column
Frosty Flemington after board saga, Gately fronts TAB’s Harbour stunt, Stewards keep watch after track stoush, Leek’s battle away from racing, take two in vet hunt plus Demons look cooked
Paul Tatnell covers off on the big issues of the week his Backmarkers column
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