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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...
When I first became interested in horseracing I was in my last year at Secondary College wayyyyy back in 1967 and when I could afford it I would buy a copy of The Sportsman, which I still do twice...
Last month I went on a bit of a nostalgia trip in regards to the famous/infamous Royal Routine system, which basically needs the selections of as many newspaper tipsters as possible for it to be s...
This is interesting - the track that's supposed to be the saviour of washed-out turf meetings has fallen victim itself...Yes, Friday's Geelong synthetic meeting has had to be switched to Pakenham. ...
The Yanks are chasing Black Caviar! A report in the UK Racing Post says: 'Breeders' Cup officials are keen to attract Australian superstar Black Caviar on a ground-breaking trip to this year's even...
Queensland stewards have launched an inquiry into an irregularity from a urine sample returned by a horse from the Gold Coast stable of Bryan Guy. A routine sample was taken from four-year-old geld...
This article is adapted from the original, published in Smartsig magazine in Britain. Malcolm Smith is a highly-regarded form analyst there. I see racing mostly as an investment medium and in an ...