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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...
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 ...
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 ...
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...
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...
HOW TO WIN WITHOUT BACKING A WINNER.I read this on Michael's copy for the next magazine (June issue) and I sort of "borrowed" it. Mike's version is much longer but I couldn't restrain myself.On Sat...
The Golden Rose is still some 6 weeks away but the publicity is mounting as our top 3YOs prepare for the $1 million Grp 1 showdown over the Rosehill 1400m on September 15.
Kathy O'Hara stuck up for herself when questioned by stewards in that inquiry into the phone calls she got from boyfriend Blake Shinn while riding at various NSW meetings. And she maintains she kne...
Temptation and How to Resist It (Maybe).It's so hard to resist a bet... well, that horse could win... I must have something on it...Familiar thinking?Here's a way to try to tighten it all up, but i...
WHAT DO YOU KNOW?It's amazing how many unknowns carry public money.Significant money.Many thousands of dollars in fact.Here's a little test for us all:Go to an early website such as the RSB and loo...
There are, I suggest, three aspects of greyhound racing handicapping. As a crowd, we tend to ignore at least one of the three. I shall list these aspects of greyhound racing in the following mann...
One of the most vexing problems facing punters is to decide how much betting their pockets can stand. To put it another way: can you afford to bet as much as you are betting? Or, is your betting ...
Prepost Prices - How Can They STILL Be So Unreliable?OK they come out Thursday so the Friday papers can print them late on Thursday evening.True.But by Friday morning at least two major bookmakers ...
As the stable jockey for Bart Cummings in Sydney for many years, John Marshall gained an insight into just how the master trainer managed to do what nobody else could.Marshall retired not long afte...