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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...

Rick Hore-Lacy is best known as the trainer of some of Australia's best sprinters and milers and has rarely turned his sights to stayers.But in Perfect Pecs he believes he has found a colt with the...

March 19My usual Wednesday night activity is to go to www.australianracingboard.com and copy all the weights, paste them into a word document and delete the races that do not satisfy my initial cri...

March 19My usual Wednesday night activity is to go to www.australianracingboard.com and copy all the weights, paste them into a word document and delete the races that do not satisfy my initial cri...

Weather fine, track Prebble - they've been the conditions for racing at the past two meetings, but top apprentice Matthew Chadwick gets a chance to strike at Happy Valley tonight at better odds. P...

Of all the racetrack factors none is as important as the fitness of the racehorse you have under scrutiny for a possible wager. The mighty horses of the past have all been beaten by horses sev...

Colin Little says injury-prone El Segundo is as good as he can get him in his bid for his second Cox Plate victory at Moonee Valley on Saturday.The 2007 winner and runner-up to Fields Of Omagh in 2...