A Devil's Chance Horse

Insights into national thoroughbred racing for Monday 18 November 2024 to Sunday 24 November 2024. * There were 51 race meetings held across Australia last week with 3,422 horses compe...

There were 47 race meetings held across Australia last week with 3,198 horses competing in 340 races for a total prize money purse of $19,011,500 .

There were 71 race meetings held across Australia last week with 4,512 horses competing in 499 races for a total prize money purse of $46,607,500 .

Predictions of a major downturn in yearling sales proved unfounded at the first four sessions of the Magic Millions sale with just a 16 per cent drop on 2008 figures.Aushorse Marketing said the Gol...

Talented Queensland sprinter Swiss Ace could be a surprise Melbourne visitor for the Group One Lightning Stakes and Newmarket Handicap at Flemington.Trainer Mick Mair expects to make a decision soo...

TRAINER David Hayes ordered his well-credentialled import Rebel Soldier be gelded yesterday morning after the rogue galloper put one of his staff in hospital after attacking him, reports The Age.It...

THE four-year partnership between trainer David Hayes and jockey Craig Williams is over with the 32-year-old rider told yesterday that his services were no longer required,, reports The Age.It says...

OH THAT KNOCKOUT HORSE!Brian refers to a different kind of knockout horse. Mine are those ###***!!!%%'s that come along and blouse your Trifecta, or your First Four, or, worst of all, the final leg...

Champion jumps jockey Tony McCoy says he hopes to be back riding in days rather than weeks although he concedes his chances of riding a record 300 winners this season has gone.McCoy suffered fractu...

It's closer to midnight than midday when Peter Moody begins the daily ritual of the racehorse trainer.A coffee, a smoke, a warm jacket and out into the stable yard to check on the horses.It's diffi...

We all make silly mistakes when betting. It's part of the game, isn't it? No matter how hard we try, no matter how many promises we make to ourselves, we keep on repeating history! A pal was moan...