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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...

I went back to July 1990 for this month's "back to beyond" source material. The Optimist was still writing the same patter then as he is now. Fifteen years ago, give or take a few months, he was...

Ratings, though some scoff at them, are a terrific way of placing a value on each runner in a race. A second way to get a race completely in focus is to assign a price to each runner. But compili...

One of the most popular ways of developing something out of very little is by developing a “safe” bet into the start of a sequence, as the anchor of a multiple bet. We can always convert a single...

One of the most popular ways of developing something out of very little is by developing a “safe” bet into the start of a sequence, as the anchor of a multiple bet. We can always convert a single...

The great professional punter Eric Connolly often said that the best staking method of them all was to simply bet level stakes on every bet. That way, he reasoned, you can derive a lot of pleasur...

The great professional punter Eric Connolly often said that the best staking method of them all was to simply bet level stakes on every bet. That way, he reasoned, you can derive a lot of pleasur...