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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...

Having heavily invested on Helmet in opening Guineas markets (and with a pretty solid crack at an early Guineas-Cox Plate double to boot), you could say I was slightly agitated as the gates crashed...

OVERSEAS RACING - WHAT DO WE LEARN FROM IT?On Sunday Sha Tin held a big day, with some the best racing all year. How do you feel about (a) investing there and (b) learning from it?I would assume th...

JUST A THOUGHTWhat I know, what you know, and what they know.So say there's a market up.Your strong fancy is Number One.It's mine too.We've both done the form.The prepost newspaper market offers ti...

WHAT DO YOU KNOW?It's amazing how many unknowns carry public money.Significant money.Many thousands of dollars in fact.Here's a little test for us all:Go to an early website such as the RSB and loo...

DO YOU REALLY HAVE TO?As the snippet says, it's so hard NOT to bet on a big race.This weekend in Brisbane there's a humdinger, but apart from the favourite it's wide open.The strong likelihood is t...

KISS Again...A few days ago I mentioned that I'd be having a small bet (tiny, actually) on a horse I'd been following and which had let me down at his past two runs.Big odds. $16 best; but I got $2...