The Engineer 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...

Queensland trainer Jeff Caught's first visit to Rosehill was one to remember with Falino showing his rivals a clean pair of heels to earn a step up to Group company.Rosehill was not unfamiliar terr...

Trainer Robert Smerdon says he will be feeling his way with champion jumper Black And Bent as he tries to qualify him for this year's Melbourne Cup.Smerdon said he was a natural pessimist and mindf...

A rich businessman once gave me some advice. "Always remember," he said, "that 80 per cent of everything is usually controlled by 20 per cent. In my business, I always know that 80 per cent of my ...

It is the bleak mid-winter down here in the summer hemisphere and, although we were treated to some first-class racing from Queensland just recently, we find ourselves immersed in the year’s most ...