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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...

  “If more than one person is responsible for a miscalculation, no one will be at fault. ' That is Murphy's Law at its best. Unfortunately, as far as the punter is concerned, he has no-one to ...

  The study of form is the essential ingredient to becoming a successful punter. All professional punters learn to study form because they know that without it, they are like a carpenter without ...

We're coming to the final stages of the selection process in this special Ratings Guide. Last issue (July) I looked at the Class, Ability and Form factors, all most important to the serious punter...

Fourteen years ago we revealed the details of an approach that used a "tick test" as a simple way of finding the likely best chances in a race. Despite all the changes in racing since then, that "...

In this two-part article, Paul Bockman, one of Australia's leading jumps racing form analysts, discusses the key form factors he uses to beat the jumps. WHY THE JUMPS? Intelligent people often...

Australian punters are fortunate to have a press that devotes a great deal of space to racing. Some of our morning newspaper formguides are of excellent quality, and contain more than enough infor...