Skirmish Horse

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...

There's life in the old boys yet.That's the hope of rival trainers John Wallace and Pat Duff who are looking to win the Listed Brisbane Handicap at Eagle Farm on Saturday with their respective elde...

There's life in the old boys yet.That's the hope of rival trainers John Wallace and Pat Duff who are looking to win the Listed Brisbane Handicap at Eagle Farm on Saturday with their respective elde...

Lightweight jockey Jason Taylor will be the beneficiary of Sydney rival Jim Cassidy's decision to reject the Epsom Handicap ride on Queenslander Hard To Catch at Randwick on Saturday.Cassidy was of...

Ego's Dare is a horse who knows what he wants and trainer Gerald Ryan will be letting him have his way at Randwick on Saturday.The four-year-old is Ryan's lone representative at the meeting and run...

PEOPLE AND THEIR WAYSI'm making this a regular series, so here's the first. Every so often we'll drop one into our meetings.This one concerns a fellow I shared a bus ride with. I usually leave my c...

Craig Williams will be in Singapore on Sunday to test the Melbourne spring credentials of the Steven Burridge-trained Dark Matter.Williams is heading to Singapore after riding at Saturday's Bletchi...