Invasion 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...

Japanese stayer Tokai Trick, his country's sole Cups raider, has arrived at the Werribee International Quarantine centre. Tokai Trick will be the first Japanese horse to race in Melbourne since Del...

That foreign invasion for the Melbourne Cup is building up - and there'll be more news arriving this weekend. Current situation: Across Europe and Asia, 7 horses are already in quarantine and Satur...

THE ROMAN INVASIONI had a most pleasant morning today with Roman Koz. Of course we talked racing.What else?Anyway, we exchanged all sorts of ideas on making money at the track, and we went over tha...

Encouraging overseas horses to come to Australia to contest the Melbourne Cup seemed like a good idea at one time but with eight Europeans in the field this year, many have called for a limit on th...

Spearheaded by Princess Coup, the "big four" of New Zealand racing will mount a blitz on the Melbourne spring carnival after their strong showings in the Kelt Capital Stakes.Princess Coup was a dom...

Will it be the Yankee invasion next? Chris Waller is looking at buying US gallopers. He's already pioneered buying stayers out of Europe and developing them into Aussiewinners and now the canny NZe...