Beyond The Legend 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...

Viking Legend will continue his march towards some of the better spring carnival races when he takes the next step back from injury in Saturday's Listed Winter Stakes at Rosehill.The then-Gai Water...

Mike Moroney's faith in Monaco Consul never wavered and the trainer was rewarded when the colt produced a superior staying performance to win the Victoria Derby.Moroney won the 1997 Derby with Seco...

Mike Moroney's faith in Monaco Consul never wavered and the trainer was rewarded when the colt produced a superior staying performance to win the Victoria Derby.Moroney won the 1997 Derby with Seco...

In a sport notorious for irrelevant comparisons between champions of different eras, an exception has emerged that helps answer the one slight knock on the unbeaten sprinter Black Caviar.As undenia...

Robert Saunders Dowst, one of America's greatest handicappers of the 1930s and '40s, was never averse to getting away from level-stakes betting. In fact, he was a consistent advocate of progressio...

In just over 40 years on the punt I have read many articles about the flamboyant punters of the past. Felipe Ysmael and Eddie Birchley, aka The Fireman, are two that come to mind immediately in ...