Vernacular 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...

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 phrase 'faster than an Oakleigh Plater' may have been entrenched in the common vernacular for many years, but raw speed wasn't the only trait possessed by the Oakleigh Plate's inaugural winner,...

Paul Wishe, 33, has been following harness racing from his schooldays in Melbourne. He now lives in Sydney, runs a business consultancy and bets 'semi-professionally' on Sydney and Melbourne tro...

Paul Wishe, 33, has been following harness racing from his schooldays in Melbourne. He now lives in Sydney, runs a business consultancy and bets 'semi-professionally' on Sydney and Melbourne tro...

In 1979, a book by Dr William Quirin changed thoroughbred handicapping forever. The title was Winning At The Races, Computer Discoveries in Thoroughbred Handicapping. In the book, Quirin wrote on...

Mention straight course racing and substantial wager in the same sentence, and I’m sure a fair percentage of the nation’s serious hard core punting brigade might just start to twitch a little. T...

It was sometime in the early 70s that my late father introduced me to a friend of his named Alec Quinn. As a fledgling young punter, Alec became the focus of particular interest when I was informe...