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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...

It is one of the great myths of racing that the less those supposedly in the know are aware about your horse, the better the price. About 10 years ago, John Holloway, then a racing writer for the ...

As the Spring carnival nears the end my Generic Ratings project is about to "spring" into action as I start to finalize the sprinters (900m to 1200m) ratings. One wonders how we figures desperadoes...

Twelve months after Black Caviar was the toast of Derby day at Randwick, little brother All Too Hard will chase his own slice of the Sydney carnival pie.Black Caviar was at her brilliant best when ...

Since writing the first article in this series, I've had a number of communications-by mail and telephone-from P.P.M. readers, anxious to ask me questions, and one or two to say that my progressio...

Since writing the first article in this series, I've had a number of communications-by mail and telephone-from P.P.M. readers, anxious to ask me questions, and one or two to say that my progressio...

Since writing the first article in this series, I've had a number of communications-by mail and telephone-from P.P.M. readers, anxious to ask me questions, and one or two to say that my progressio...