The Daily Planet 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...

IT'S official - unbeaten superstar Black Caviar is the best thoroughbred racing anywhere in the world, reports the Sydney Daily Telegraph.It says: And in an endorsement of the quality of Australian...

It is one of the great myths of racing that the less those supposedly in the know are aware about your horse, the better the price. About 10 years ago, John Holloway, then a racing writer for the ...

Two of the great names in American and world racing are Barry Meadow and Andy Beyer. Meadow is regarded as the No. 1 guru of handicappers, and Beyer is the man who developed the successful Beye...

If you had been a reader of the May issue of PPM, you would have struck a host of excellent winning bets. The winners were right there in front of you. Some examples: Solo Affaire (13-2) and Exci...

If you had been a reader of the May issue of PPM, you would have struck a host of excellent winning bets. The winners were right there in front of you. Some examples: Solo Affaire (13-2) and Exci...

In this final article into the early punting career of legendary US punter Andrew Beyer we find him, prior to the 1977 Gulfstream Park season, buried in stacks of old, yellowing copies of the Dail...