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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...

A meeting between leading industry figures and the new board of Racing NSW has set the scene for a revision of race programming and handicapping in the state.Proposals for the changes will be sent ...

The gates of Caulfield will be thrown open to the public on Saturday week when champion mare Black Caviar runs in the Group One C F Orr Stakes.Melbourne Racing Club chief executive, Alasdair Robert...

Here's an experiment: For the next 100 races, simply try to pick the winner. Don't worry about price. Just go for the maximum number of winners, but you can't skip any races. I'll bet that no mat...

As most of us have learned, even after only a few years as a punter, a sensible approach to form will provide a goodly amount of winners. The catch is that everyone usually finds the same "form" h...

The very public feud between leading trainer Gai Waterhouse and powerful owner John Singleton is over with the pair reconciling at the Gold Coast, reports Racing Network. Waterhouse and Singleton...

How good is the public in assessing the chances of each horse in a race? Well, as we’ve pointed out before, pretty darn good. James Quinn, the US writer, says the “crowd” will lose generally only...

• NOTE: Barry Meadow's article was originally published in his best-selling book Money Secrets At The Racetrack. It makes reference to USA tracks, etc. Picking winners at the races is no big deal...