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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...

BE IT ON YOUR OWN HEAD.When Black Caviar came out of the 10,000 there were numerous bleats from disgruntled punters."We should be given our money back", they wailed.In the name of fairness, WHY???W...

Held at a racecourse that could just as easily have been sold off as a graveyard, the Caulfield Cup boasts a tradition almost as old as the Melbourne Cup.Many trainers say the race is even harder t...

Trainer John Bary has no problems taking the unconventional path to the Cox Plate, leaving Jimmy Choux without a race for five weeks going into the weight-for-age championship.Jimmy Choux proved he...

If we had a dollar for all the people with an anti-racing bent over the years who warned us that the jockeys' whips were actually striking their boots, not the horses, we'd have quite a pile of ca...

When a horse with a 6 per cent strike rate bolts home at more than 44/1 it gets us punters scratching our heads. How the hell did that win, we ask ourselves (and anyone else close by)? The bona...

From Racing Post HK www.racing.scmp.comA photo-finish in the final race was the difference that saw Brett Prebble hold sway in the Jockey Challenge at Happy Valley last night but the story of the n...