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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...

Final chapter...Dick Francis, great jumps jockey and best-selling author of racing crime novels, has died at 89. He retired from riding in 1957 to begin his writing career with his autobiography Th...

Jockey Jim Cassidy will have operations on both knees and his right ankle later this month as the grand slam-winning rider steels himself for the final chapter of his long and colourful riding care...

In 1969, the late Rem Plante published his fine book Australian Horse Racing and Punters' Guide, in which he recommended a simple system of grading each horse's entire career based on the number o...

All Time High may have failed to salute the judge in 34 appearances, but the addition of blinkers could have the desired result when the gelding contests the final leg of Sunday's HK$20 million Tri...

How fast have you ever gone in a car? Go on, admit it, you haven't always obeyed the speed limit, have you? There was one memorable occasion where you decided to see just what your car could do. I...

I'll Have Another looked like just another horse at the Kentucky Derby.Until the final furlong (200m), that is.That's when the chestnut colt - sold for a paltry $US11,000 ($A10,750) and ridden by a...