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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...

Bad news for Danny....Melbourne jockey Danny Nikolic has been banned from riding for two years after being found guilty of threatening Racing Victoria's chief steward last month. Nikolic, 37, was c...

Oh Josh! Oh Claudia! Someone pulled the chain on jockey Josh Adams and stable girl Claudia Miller while they were apparently enjoying each other's company in a toilet cubicle of a Sydney mid-city ...

The Jockey Club will declare "weighed in" today on the two of hottest favourites in racing - that Kim Kelly will take over from the departing Jamie Stier as chief steward and Sydney-based steward S...

Pressure is mounting on NSW racing authorities to wake up and move into the real world where betting is concerned. A report in the Sydney Morning Herald highlights the crisis. It says: Figures comp...

More strife...Danny Nikolic has been stood down indefinitely after an exchange with a steward at the Seymour races, reports the ABC. It claims Racing Victoria says Nikolic was stood down for allege...

CHIEF steward Terry Bailey yesterday said he had reservations about the possibility of Racing Victoria Ltd introducing 30-minute breaks between races and have winning bets paid after the field has ...