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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...
Both Denman and Heart Of Dreams have gone from chocolates to boiled lollies this campaign and both need to become reinvented horses. Although there were excuses made for Denman the bottom line issh...
Mick Price can't find any negatives with dual Group One winner Heart Of Dreams and believes the weight-for-age scale favours the five-year-old in the Hollindale Stakes.The Group Two 1800m feature a...
Mick Price will be relying on Heart Of Dreams in Saturday's Group Two Makybe Diva Stakes with stable newcomer Predatory Pricer struck down with a hock infection.Price said Predatory Pricer worked w...
Anyone who has experienced the frustration of a losing streak at the races will know how difficult it is to break back into the payout queue. I've been musing myself in recent times on bad luck an...
An initial autopsy has revealed that Japanese stayer Admire Rakti died from a heart attack after the Melbourne Cup, reports the ABC. Dr Chris Whitton, an equine veterinarian at the University of ...
Sandwiched between a Group One double at Morphettville, trainer Mick Price celebrated a stirring win by Heart Of Dreams at Rosehill in Saturday's Phar Lap Stakes.Price was in Adelaide to watch Gall...
The great race is almost here. In my opinion the WS Cox Plate is the best race in Australia and has been for many years. Last night I watched the TVN special on the Plate and the hairs on the back ...
In the fourth part in this series, US professional Barry Meadow and PPM editor Brian Blackwell discuss various aspects of the task of picking and backing winners. The topics range over most handic...
September 17: Generic RatingsThe amazing field assembled in the Underwood Stakes this Saturday provides a vehicle for yours truly to start test driving my ratings. Based on what I sent yesterday th...