The big race has been run and won, with an (almost) clean sweep of the pools for the mugpunter team! 4 of the mugpunter team ventured out for lunch to the ultimate gambling venue, Crown Casino. Betting slips will be lodged as proof in an attached post once a scanner comes to handThe […]

Categories: The Punt · The Score

Just a quick post on the venue for themugpunter.com trotters handicap. The team gathered at the heart of the Melbourne gambling community. The need for a full Saturday session at Crown is obvious, and had been clearly in a blindspot for The Mug. This post is not to make the assessment therefore, […]

Categories: The Venue

I have shamelessly stolen some form analysis from winharness.com - please check the site out for great tips and reviews (once again, you need to register)
Race 3:
 
Former Kiwi OPAL T J NZ (7) has his first Australian start in a fairly easy race.  A winner in his homeland earlier this season, he finished mid-field in […]

Categories: The Score

I was look for free tips for the big race on Thursday when I found this site. It has a great set of free info, the only drawback being that you have to register.

Categories: The Score

At themugpunter.com a motley crew of Melbourne-based punting desperados are on the hunt for the jewel in the crown - a great place to wile away a lazy Saturday afternoon on the punt.
This is not a site for sensible racing chat (if there is such a thing) although if you want to find once of […]

Categories: The Venue · The Track

The fields are out for MICK VARGA’S THEMUGPUNTER.COM TROTTERS HANDICAP
A trotting race! See here for the difference between trotting and pacing. Needless to say, trotters break more often so this suits a man with a broken personality ….

Race 3
MICK VARGA’S THEMUGPUNTER.COM TROTTERS HANDICAP

1:35 PM

T0 or better. RBD. Prizemoney: $4,750

2620 METRES
 
STANDING START

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Categories: The Score

Early research into the terminology of harness racing has definitely got the Mug interested in the game. For a start, nowhere in my racing travels have I seen a better name than Lance Justice, apparently a trainer of some note, although I wonder if he is a real person. And the fact that […]

Categories: The Score

It’s 7 days until the Mugpunter handicap pace, being held at Warragul Harness Racing Club.  It is still a few days from fields being published, but be assured that we’ll have a comprehensive breakdown of each runner published on the site once this happens - seemingly about 4 days before.
Check out these pictures from the […]

Categories: The Punt

One thing that does not change the world over is the real mug punter. I got to witness this in all its glory once again on the trip to Pimlico.
A short segue - DJ and I have always commented, while on the punt or at a punting venue, on the few sadcharacters that seem […]

Categories: The Track

Australia in the 2004 / 2005 season had approximately 31,000 registered racehorses. The state of Maryland has 87,000. I have no idea (i.e. haven’t bothered to look) what the whole of the US adds up to, but thought that this was scary enough
Just like here, no one goes to the races, except for the big […]

Categories: The Track