Having spent time working at the track, Pestwac has more than an interest in numbers and working out the odds to back a winning horse as he explains some of his selection methods.
Almanac (Life) Stories: Drover – The Blue Whale of the District
April 29, 2026 by Leave a Comment
Pestwac draws on his life experience to relate the tale of Drover and Rover, two very unalike horses who caused a problem at the country races one day.
Almanac Horse Racing: Fun With Numbers 2
April 22, 2026 by 3 Comments
Pestwac goes back to the track with insights (?) into systems that improve the odds of you winning.
Almanac Life: Thwack – off the veranda I went
April 15, 2026 by 2 Comments
Pestwac (Tony Moffatt) was a nocturnal wanderer from a very early age. One of his adventures had the potential for disaster several times over but he lived to tell this tale.
Almanac Memoir: Teenagers at School 2
April 8, 2026 by Leave a Comment
Pestwac goes back to his school days in north-western NSW to regale us with a story about a project on an epic scale which was conjured up by one of his teachers.
Almanac Horseracing: Boo ars only
April 1, 2026 by 7 Comments
Pestwac, as we know, spent a lot of time on the punt where he came into contact with any number of colourful characters. Today it’s Dickie, a man of military bearing – although he probably wasn’t!
Almanac Work: Money matters (it sure does)
March 25, 2026 by Leave a Comment
Pestwac has lived an interesting life and worked in several unusual jobs – to say the least! Today he shares one of the latter where he was surrounded by cold hard cash, all day every day. But what was it all about?
Almanac (Sporting) Life: Heremas and his ‘Sputnik’
March 18, 2026 by Leave a Comment
What’s a suburban footy club if you can’t play a few pranks on committee members? Pestwac recalls his younger footy days playing rugby.
Almanac (Working) Life: Ole, y’all
March 11, 2026 by 1 Comment
Pestwac considered a move from the front row to the backline after discovering his ‘moves’ while loading rodeo bulls. Come again?
Almanac Horse Racing – Fun with Numbers and things on course
March 4, 2026 by 3 Comments
There are betting systems, there are educated algorithms, and then there is Pestwac! Work your way through Tony Moffat’s latest contribution to the science of picking a winner.
Almanac Memoir: Run Run Runaway Regan
February 25, 2026 by 1 Comment
Pestwac tells the story of a runaway who did it differently and got away with it – until life caught up with him.
Almanac Memoir: Teenagers at School
February 20, 2026 by 1 Comment
Today Pestwac (Tony Moffat) remembers aspects of his high school days. His project for his Engineering and Structures class just might not be allowed these days!
Almanac Golf: Part 2 – Building a golf course: how not to
February 16, 2026 by 1 Comment
Tony Moffat developed plans for re-designing his local golf courses as part of a management course exercise and presented them to the committee for their consideration.
Almanac Golf: Part 1 – Building a golf course: how to
February 13, 2026 by 1 Comment
Tony Moffat recalls his younger days, his interest in golf, and assisting his local community in the development of a new golf course.
‘Kitch’ and Higgins – bookmaking in the 60s
February 9, 2026 by 2 Comments
Pestwac (Tony Moffat) returns with more tales from the betting ring in days gone by. ‘Kitch’ had a thing about horses ridden by Roy Higgins.
Tulloch Done This: SP bookmaking in a country town
February 2, 2026 by 2 Comments
Pestwac (Tony Moffat) gets into a reminiscing mood and meanders along with some colourful memories from an old bush-town Australia.
Almanac Horseracing: ‘The Longshot Plan’ – a Horseracing System from the 50s
January 12, 2026 by 3 Comments
Tony Moffat talks us through a 1950s betting system known as “The Longshot Plan”.
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