Contemporary 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 .

Bookmakers offer Punters a huge array of bet types, in differnt betting markets across so the different codes in sports betting and horse racing. Any new punters have the right to be confused. ...

Last time I pondered whether to run another “Horses to Follow” segment after the small loss achieved with my group of hopefuls in the autumn. However, I was reading a column from British writer Rob...

I don't mind progress, it's change I don't like...Tradition is out the window with Moonee Valley's $150 million redevelopment plan. The club envisages a longer home straight (in a different positio...

Though he never quite won the hearts of the racing public like his indomitable father did, the supremely talented racehorse Lonhro has transferred his skills to the breeding barn and will be crowne...

AUSTRALIAN racing is suffering a problem shared by most Western countries. As Australians grow taller and heavier, fewer and fewer have the shape and size to be jockeys and trackwork riders, and tr...

Speaking at his pre-season press briefing at Sha Tin Racecourse last Saturday (Sept 1), the Hong Kong Jockey Club's Chief Executive Officer Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges outlined the Club's commitme...

In last month’s PPM we listed and scrutinised a number of common pitfalls and mistakes made by the average punter. We also re-examined a number of racing’s so called golden rules of the past, to...

Have today’s astute form analysts become a little too smart for their own good? I think so. In terms of acquiring frequent value, they have become victims of their own knowledge. Databases, vid...