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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...

Do we bring bad luck on ourselves? Do some of us subconsciously attract all the 'negatives' in this world? When we bet, are we just 'hard luck Harrys'? I guess that, like me, you've heard friends...

Dowager Queen will go through the sales ring later this month but owner Max Whitby hopes to retain an interest in her if she wins The Roses at Doomben on Saturday.Whitby, a former Australian Turf C...

Dennis Yip Chor-hong-trained  Lucky Hammer  did a few things wrong in his long-awaited breakthrough win last time but that should stand him in good stead as he rises in grade in the Sauternes Cup ...

The knockers are out for Faint Perfume - and it's the bookies who are saying she's a risk in the AJC Oaks. Two of them reckon, Sportingbet Australia's Michael Sullivan and Betchoice's Col Tidy, rec...

Peter Moody seems very keen on having a crack at the Cox Plate with Typhoon Tracy. No wonder. She was absolutely dominant winning the Queen of the Turf 1500m at Rosehill. Moody plans her next start...

Trainer Rex Lipp believes Queensland Guineas winner Express Air could be vulnerable in her comeback at Eagle Farm ahead of an ambitious campaign which could culminate in Sydney next autumn.Express ...