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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...
Do we bring bad luck on ourselves? Do some of us subconsciously attract all the 'negatives' in this world? When we bet, are we just 'hard luck Harrys'? I guess that, like me, you've heard friends...
When you go out to buy new clothes, isn't it a fact that in your mind you have a sum in mind beyond which you won't go? You might say "I'll pay $250 for a jacket but no more". It's what is known a...
Okay gang, it’s quiz time again. All I want you to do is to read the question . . . Do not let your eyes go forward to the next paragraph and think about the answer to today’s quiz question before...
Answer this question: What's the worst task associated with betting on horseracing (or greyhound racing, or harness racing)? I don't know about you, but personally I feel it's the part that deals...
A long time ago, someone told me why he had decided to give up betting. "It was simple, I'd lost my nerve," this man explained. "And once you've lost your nerve it's the end of the game." I alway...
US racing expert George Kaywood recognised early on, in the 1990s, that the Internet was going to play a pivotal role in the world of international horseracing in the future. His bestseller Handic...
While I get email from time to time from advanced punters asking for more sophisticated information, the vast majority of messages come from handicappers whose abilities range from beginner to som...
How do you overcome a crisis of lack of confidence? It happens to all sorts of people in all avenues of life. Businessmen face it so do salesmen, so do musicians and painters, writers, students. ...
There's been a resurgence of interest in recent times in all aspects of "alternative handicapping" with the work of experts like Mark Cramer, Ed Bain and George Kaywood coming in for much closer e...