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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...

Can Black Caviar become as 'famous' and as deep in the hearts of Aussies as Phar Lap? Well, the idea is being pushed along in the daily press. One turf scribbler, Melbourne's Andrew Eddy, writes: '...

The issue that has to be aired! It's been left to feisty Gai Waterhouse to attack the massive internationalisation of the Melbourne Cup. Gai says overseas stayers have an unfair advantage when it c...

A number of horses who have expressed an appreciation for the spacious Flemington track over the past week are a chance of returning to Australia's most famous racecourse when it hosts its third me...

Looks like Dermot Weld is deadly serious about a Melbourne Cup attack this year...Rite Of Passage's win in last night's Ascot Gold Cup sets up what could prove a third triumph for Weld in the Cup. ...

Psychologists call it 'patterns of behaviour' and, of course, they're talking about human beings and the way that 99 per cent of us adopt a rational lifestyle with predictable behaviour. But what...

For many the Melbourne Cup is simply a four letter word - Bart.Australia's greatest living trainer is known to the once a year punter as the Cups King due to his 12 victories in the country's most ...