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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...

Another shambles...Two major European quarantine centres have been declared unsuitable by Australian officials - and that means international horses may not be able to run in this year's Melbourne ...

Another shambles...The Melbourne Herald Sun reports: 'Bureaucratic red tape threatens the entry of international horses in this year?s Melbourne spring carnival. Racing Victoria Limited have been ...

Growing complaints about the new TVN-Big Pond Racing Network website...Talk about slow, cumbersome and unreliable! This one's got the lot. TVN does a lot of crowing about being top of racing's tree...

Final approval next week...That's the prediction about the shambles of a row between Racing Victoria and the Aussie Quarantine Service. The Age reports: Fierce obbying appears to have drawn all par...

Racetrack attendances - or lack of them - continue to nag away at the sport's image and future. Veteran scribbler Max Presnell is among the worried racing diehards. In his SMH column, Max opines: '...

Japan's Victoire Pisa has won the Dubai World Cup overtaking Transcend to win the world's richest horse race and offer hope to a country struggling to recover from twin disasters.From the moment th...