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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...

Irish trainer Aidan O'Brien liked the look of So You Think, his 5-1 challenger in Saturday's $US5 million Breeders' Cup Classic, after checking out the horse at the barn on Thursday.Uncle Mo is 5-2...

Ruler On Ice has posted a huge upset in the Belmont Stakes, taking the lead from Preakness Stakes winner Shackleford in the straight and winning the final leg of the Triple Crown.Shackleford led fr...

Hobby trainer Jeffrey Caught hasn't given up on a Sydney trip for Falino despite the three-year-old's defeat at Eagle Farm.Falino, who scored a six-length win on debut at Doomben last month, finish...

Hidden Kisses will be on trial to join trainer Rob Heathcote's Melbourne team for the spring when she lines up at Eagle Farm on Saturday.Heathcote has overlooked the filly's first-up defeat and is ...

The bubbly served trackside and in the sumptuous marquees at this year's Melbourne Cup will still be French, but in a massive break in sponsorship and tradition, the Champagne will no longer be pou...

Sydney could be the next target for promising sprinter Falino if the gelding maintains his unbeaten record at Eagle Farm.Hobby trainer Jeff Caught, who moved from north Queensland to Brisbane eight...