Briefcase Benny 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...

The John Size-trained Real Specialist has just about come to the end of the line as far as handicaps are concerned and the Group Three Chinese Club Challenge Cup (1,400m) today at Sha Tin can be th...

Another seven people may have been exposed to the Hendra virus in Queensland as authorities face a second possible outbreak of the deadly bat-borne disease.A horse was euthanased at a property at M...

AN EQUINE influenza scare at the Eastern Creek quarantine station has been resolved, with overseas horses feared to have brought the dreaded virus into the area instead reported to be suffering fro...

Quarantine protocols for travelling racehorses between Australia and New Zealand could be relaxed by late January.But that may be too late for the New Zealand summer carnival to attract the likes o...

A cross-border task force has been set up to combat the spread of the deadly Hendra virus in Queensland and NSW.Queensland Premier Anna Bligh and New South Wales Premier Barry O'Farrell have agreed...

Reports of an international racehorse testing positive to the equine influenza (EI) virus in Sydney are inaccurate, the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) says.The racing indu...