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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...

Mark Zahra is the new jockey for superstar sprinter Scenic Blast when he tackles next month's Grp 1 Sprinters Stakes in Japan on Oct 4. SB's regular jockey Steven Arnold can't take the ride because...

Trainer Mark Kavanagh is doing his best to douse the hype surrounding his top 3YO Shocking as he readies him for the Queensland Derby 2400m at Eagle Farm, probably on a rain-affected track. He says...

Jockey Mark Zahra will be sidelined for at least eight weeks after suffering a fractured pelvis in a freak trackwork accident at Flemington.Zahra's mount was walking towards a starting point for a ...

Jockey Mark Zahra will be sidelined for at least eight weeks after suffering a fractured pelvis in a freak trackwork accident at Flemington.Zahra's mount was walking towards a starting point for a ...

In the absence of the injured Michael Rodd, trainer Mark Kavanagh has turned to Damien Oliver for the ride on Whobegotyou in the Grp 2 Liston Stakes at Saturday's Caulfield meeting. Kavanagh has al...

After two hip operations and six months away from the track Mark Zahra hopes to be back riding trackwork