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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...

The Dermot Weld-trained mare Profound Beauty is the one punters want in the Melbourne Cup and she is now outright favourite for the great race after the release of weights on Wednesday.TAB Sportsbe...

Almost a year after her successful hit-and-run mission for the AJC Australian Oaks, New Zealand mare Daffodil is back to try to plunder two of Sydney's feature weight-for-age races this autumn.She ...

Almost a year after her successful hit-and-run mission for the AJC Australian Oaks, New Zealand mare Daffodil is back to try to plunder two of Sydney's feature weight-for-age races this autumn.She ...

The weights for the 2009 BMW Caulfield Cup (2400m) and Emirates Melbourne Cup (3200m) were headed by Australian horses when handicaps were released by Racing Victoria Limited (RVL) Chief Handicappe...

CHRIS MUNCE has picked up the prized Caulfield and Melbourne cups ride on Kiwi mare Daffodil following her group 1 victory in the Windsor Park Plate (1600 metres) in New Zealand at the weekend, rep...

Mark Kavanagh-trained gallopers dominate TAB Sportsbet's opening markets for both the Caulfield Cup and Cox Plate.Caulfield Guineas winner Whobegotyou, who was second in the Victoria Derby and a lu...