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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...

A whiff of sanity has entered the whip rules crisis...There's been yet another change, and this time it's a good one with jockeys now given discretion to use the whip over the final 100m of a race....

Jockeys will be allowed to use their discretion over the final 100 metres of a race after the Australian Racing Board (ARB) bowed to pressure from industry stakeholders to change the new whip rules...

Trainers, owners and breeders will continue to push for further changes to the whip rules which they say are still too restrictive.A panel headed by Michael Duffy will hear submissions in Melbourne...

RACING NSW heavies Ray Murrihy and Peter V'landys were given credit for the Australian Racing Board's decision yesterday to modify the controversial new whip rules, with the amendments deemed a vic...

The NSW Trainers Association (NSWTA) has thrown its support behind the jockeys' bid to have the controversial whip rules amended.Jockeys around the country walked off the job on Thursday after the ...

A settlement between jockeys and racing authorities over the controversial whip rules is a step closer following a crisis meeting between riders' representatives and Australian Racing Board (ARB) o...