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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...

Jockeys' rooms at racecourses are full of less than tidy sights.Riding tack scattered everywhere, boot polish, teacups, riding gear and small people who look like poorly treated prisoners-of-war.Pa...

SECOND STAR TO THE RIGHT AND STRAIGHT ON TILL MORNING.Yes, however.Again we are faced with comparing apples with oranges. Horses of a different period.On one scale of argument, how could anyone arg...

Nerve? What's that? A bit of cheek? Not quite the same. Nerve is the thing that gives us the power to carry on. It's the strength to make yet another bet in the face of a fierce losing streak, to...

This month, lit our look at the writings of the late R.W ‘Georgie’ Wood, we examine his thoughts on staking and selection. Wood was a great believer in ‘perming’ and linking multiple selections in...

Most punters plunge headlong into their betting every raceday - and never learn the lessons arising from their rarely-ending losses. You can - if you really want to - learn enough little tricks o...

Many readers have contacted PPM following editor Brian Blackwell’s series of articles on picking midweek winners. The series ended in the December PPM. In this article, Brian replies to some of t...