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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...
Leading Irish trainer Aidan O’Brien will make his first visit to Australia in six years, with lightly raced colt Adelaide to start in the Cox Plate. Coolmore racing manager James Bester said O...
Don't talk to me about place betting," a pal bemoaned recently. "Been there, done that. Burned!" Yes, there are lots of punters who've had a real bash at the place side of things and never got a...
Over the years, the stories of many professional punters have been told. Most of these amazing success stories have come from the United States, where bettors in years gone by were more fearless t...
Many readers ask if there is such a thing as a sound staking system for place betting. I usually refrain from trying to answer the question. This is because the readers fail to provide me with th...
Danny O'Brien met the Queen; Aussie Jim McGrath called his last Royal meeting; former VRC committeeman Peter Barnett cheered home the Duke Of Edinburgh Stakes winner Opinion; Australian Thoroughbr...
High profile trainers Mark Kavanagh and Danny O'Brien have been banned for three years and four years respectively for administering cobalt to horses for performance-enhancing purposes. Both Kava...
AS well as confirming a start in Saturday’s Australian cup, Danny O’Brien said he’s already eyeing a second Cox Plate victory with Shamus Award . O’Brien told TVN’s Racing Review today that wi...
ONE year ago on Saturday, Flemington trainer Danny O'Brien left Caulfield confident that he was a real chance of winning a Caulfield or Melbourne Cup after an impressive first-up run from Vigor, re...