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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...

Punters are expecting a big run from Godolphin two-year-old Astern when the colt makes its debut in the first race at Randwick tomorrow.   Astern has been backed from  $101 into $26  since betti...

Ready to kill the golden goose? There's talk that Gold Coast will lose the Magic Millions to another track, possibly even an interstate venue...Gold Coast Turf Club Chairman Hoss Heinrich isn't hap...

Gold Coast Turf Club chairman Hoss Heinrich believes the $5 million Magic Millions race day in January would be doomed to failure if it was ever moved away from Queensland's tourist strip.Speculati...

Gold Coast Turf Club chairman Hoss Heinrich believes the $5 million Magic Millions race day in January would be doomed to failure if it was ever moved away from Queensland's tourist strip.Speculati...

I have been involved in horseracing, in one form or another, for many years. In my early twenties, while working as a newspaper reporter based in London, England, I had a friend who was a dyed-i...

I have been involved in horseracing, in one form or another, for many years. In my early twenties, while working as a newspaper reporter based in London, England, I had a friend who was a dyed-i...