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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...

The trainer of the AJC Australian Derby favourite is happy for his horse to be reduced to a support role on Saturday."I don't mind playing second fiddle to a champion like Black Caviar," John Bary,...

Queensland trainer Robert Heathcote is backing Woorim to match the finishing sprint of the heavyweights in the Group One Emirates Stakes at Flemington.A noted backmarker, Woorim returned to his bes...

Kris Lees will carry the flag for Newcastle at Australia’s richest race meeting at Royal Randwick on Saturday. It is The Championships Day 2 with four Group Ones, two Group Twos and a Group 3 even...

One of the great ongoing debates in the racing world is the question of weight and the effect that it has on horses in a race. I’d like to put a couple of thoughts in your head about this issue, s...

Well the nominations are in, so let's start with our weight-for-age championship, the Cox Plate. One gets the feeling that if So You Think doesn't return to the scene of his greatest Australian tri...

It's been a longer wait than expected but Hugh Bowman is excited to finally reunite with Lion Tamer in Saturday's Cox Plate.Bowman, who won the Victoria Derby last spring on the New Zealand stayer,...