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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...

A meeting between leading industry figures and the new board of Racing NSW has set the scene for a revision of race programming and handicapping in the state.Proposals for the changes will be sent ...

Wide Barriers? They're Never OK!On Australia Day I saw a near-perfect ride from a young three kilo claimer at Caulfield.He rode an in-form chance from a wide draw over 2000 metres (ten furlongs).Fr...

 A ustralian-based jockey James McDonald just missed out on a first Royal Ascot winner last week but the Kiwi is already hoping to be back with a Group 1 prospect next year.

I wish I could avoid all races with more than a dozen starters.The recent Doncaster was a case in point. Nineteen of the beasts and probably fourteen arguable chances. The favourite got buried earl...

When a day's racing is over, what do you do? If you've you've lost, you may well toss the formguide away, flop in an armchair and turn the channel from SKY to the ABC. You just don't want to think...

Blake Spriggs was the talk of Sydney racing after a five-win haul at Rosehill which had his boss Gai Waterhouse labelling him the most exciting apprentice since Shane Dye.Most of the attention in r...

Blake Spriggs was the talk of Sydney racing after a five-win haul at Rosehill which had his boss Gai Waterhouse labelling him the most exciting apprentice since Shane Dye.Most of the attention in r...