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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...
Lee Freedman is leaving his options open with promising young stayer Mount Everest.Freedman, who returned from the Gold Coast Magic Millions yearling sales on Monday, entered Mount Everest for the ...
Talented sprinter Burdekin Blues could have two stablemates as surprise companions on a trip to Melbourne for the Group One Newmarket Handicap at Flemington in March.Trainer Barry Baldwin is consid...
Jeff Lloyd has answered a last-minute call from New Zealand trainer Murray Baker to ride Fully Fledged in the Group One Telegraph Handicap at Trentham on Saturday.Lloyd and Baker enjoyed success wh...
Golden Slipper and Blue Diamond Stakes runner-up Zizou is on the comeback trail after a stint at stud last spring and is likely to return to racing in the Group One Oakleigh Plate at Caulfield.Gary...
THE Australian Jumping Racing Association yesterday claimed that the groundswell of support to overrule the decision to stop jumps races next year was overwhelming, reports the Sunday Age.It says: ...
The Fairfax media can't help itself in its pursuit of Damien Oliver. It now claims he is 'demanding' to be paid a percentage of any prizemoney My Quest For Peace wins in the Caulfield Cup. Oliver w...
Trouble looms...Glen Eira councillors voted unanimously on Tuesday night to adopt a 10-point position statement that commits all councillors to advocating for horse training to be phased out so t...
Top Kiwi jockey James McDonald has got the axe from Victoria Derby-bound prospect Sangster. Connections were not happy with his ride on Sangster ion last Sat's Norman Robinson. They reckon he took ...
The squeeze is on Saturday provincial meetings in Victoria...There are reports Racing Victoria has discussed getting rid of them. No-one is actually denying the reports. Racing Victoria chief execu...
Self-inflicted crisis...Racing Victoria, now fiddling with a crisis it created out of nothing, has decided to give steeplechasing another 12 months of shaky life. But if there are too many deaths i...
Congratulations to trainer John Sadler for slamming the trend to slash the distances of Australia's major city staying Cups.Sadler says the Brisbane Cup has lost its profile and status since severi...
Just what is going on at the highest levels of racing in Victoria? In The Age it's now being reported that Racing Victoria had to be 'bailed out' by country racing with $4 million in September. Cou...
Trainer Robbie Laing yesterday pleaded with racing officials to take direction from jumps racing's leading participants to ensure the sport survives beyond 2010, reports The Age.It says: Laing, the...