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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 US Triple Crown is alive with Kentucky Derby winner I'll Have Another edging Bodemeister to win the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico on Saturday (Sunday AEST).I'll Have Another charged down the home...
US superstar California Chrome missed out on landing America's Triple Crown at Belmont in New York on Sunday morning. He finished just behind the placegetters in a dead-heat 4th after making a sea...
Rachel Alexandra became the first filly to win the Preakness Stakes since 1924, holding off a late charge by Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird to capture the middle jewel of the US Triple Crown....
Soaked with sweat, Shackleford bucked and kicked until attendants finally shoved him into gate five before the Preakness Stakes.One ton of horseflesh all but screamed, "Get me out of here."Less tha...
I'll Have Another looked like just another horse at the Kentucky Derby.Until the final furlong (200m), that is.That's when the chestnut colt - sold for a paltry $US11,000 ($A10,750) and ridden by a...
Jockey Calvin Borel has chosen to ride Rachel Alexandra in the Preakness Stakes in preference to Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird.Borel guided Rachel Alexandra to a 20-1/4 length victory in the...
Calvin Borel is back on Mine That Bird in the Belmont Stakes as he attempts a unique riding treble.Borel won the Kentucky Derby aboard Mine That Bird then jumped on Rachel Alexandra to deny the Der...