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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...

CHRIS Waller is looking to take “three or four horses” to the UK and/or Europe later this year, not just “one or two”. Waller said on Sunday he had already inoculated eight horses, including cham...

Eat less and exercise even more than usual.That's the plan for top jockey Glyn Schofield for this week as he aims to win Australia's final Group One of 2011 on Saturday.Schofield secured the Kingst...

A decision on whether Caulfield Cup winner Southern Speed backs up in Saturday's Cox Plate will not be made until Monday with connections of borderline horses anxiously awaiting the outcome.Trainer...

In-demand jockey Corey Brown has placed himself on a Cox Plate diet after partnering talented Sydney colt Smart Missile in a sparkling gallop at Caulfield on Tuesday morning.Brown has his second ra...

Mic Mac will join stablemate Apache Cat in the Manikato Stakes at Moonee Valley on Friday week following a decision to bypass this year's Cox Plate with the four-year-old.Trainer Greg Eurell had a ...