Hard Work 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 .

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 drive and work ethic that took Larry Cassidy to the summit of the Sydney jockeys' ranks haven't diminished since he moved his family to Queensland 14 months ago. The jockey with international e...

Easy does it...All Too Hard is almost back to his 'fit and ready' status and will be racing again in Sydney within a month. That's the word from co-trainer Wayne Hawkes. He says: 'He's bucking his ...

The racing career of superstar colt All Too Hard is over 

OUTSTANDING youngster All Too Hard on Saturday reinforced that he was arguably Australia's finest three-year-old after winning the group 1 Orr Stakes at Caulfield.And while the colt who changed han...

Hobart's Hard to BeatI'm in Hobart for the running of the big race at Elwick. Surely one of the world's prettiest sites, with the hills and the Derwent just beyond the back straight, this is a raci...

The talented but erratic Hard Liquor will be out to enhance his Villiers Stakes prospects when he shoots for back-to-back city wins on Saturday.The four-year-old was described by Anthony Cummings' ...