My Four Oh Nine 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...

And now, as they say, for something completely different. This month I’m interviewing William Mack, who is more than 80 years old and has been watching more Melbourne Cups than he cares to remembe...

It's easy these days to convince yourself that by looking at video replays and turn-and-finish photoform you can, suddenly, transform yourself into a winning punter. Oh that it were that easy! To...

Everyone is familiar with the old cliché that goes: “There’s more than one way to skin a cat”. For the punter, there can be few more important sentences than this one. Every article that you’ll e...

Everyone is familiar with the old cliché that goes: “There’s more than one way to skin a cat”. For the punter, there can be few more important sentences than this one. Every article that you’ll e...

As I planned this three page article, the news began to break about the equine influenza scare. I am a great believer in something I once heard the comedian Woody Allen say: “90 per cent of the th...

As I planned this three page article, the news began to break about the equine influenza scare. I am a great believer in something I once heard the comedian Woody Allen say: “90 per cent of the th...