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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...

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...

Can they leave nothing alone? These days it seems it's often change for the sake of change. Like Chief Stipe Terry Bailey's proposal for a 24-hour lockdown for runners in the 2010 Melbourne Cup. Oh...

OH THE CROC TEARS!Oh how I cried as I read it.The tears rolled down my face.OK, they were tears of laughter, but they were tears.A pro punter is making a mozza legally out of the TAB.He has massive...

Oh, oh, now they're picking on Bart...Racing NSW boss Peter V'landys reckons he's going to speak with Chief Steward Ray Murrihy in regard to the comments by Bart Cummings about the simmering whip r...

Big Time BettingWhen I was doing something entirely different, and I was oh so many years younger, I worked with a chap whose wife always backed the winner of the Melbourne Cup.She had to. She alwa...

Despite what other punters may tell you, the truth is that almost all punters are poor racecourse punters. Ask any bookmaker. The bookies will tell you of the many failings of even the most intell...

Not a raceday goes by without one or more horses turning in what we call 'form reversals' and many times these abrupt changes in form are shockers. There seems to be absolutely no reason for the i...