The Allure Of Horseracing
‘We’ve had some thrills in the game, but I have to say, this one was right up there with them’ – Mick Goss
25th March 2022
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‘We’ve had some thrills in the game, but I have to say, this one was right up there with them’ – Mick Goss
The new Racing 240 channel needs to get its act together quickly or it will further erode the dwindling racing customer base
Coolmore Australia have announced the addition of St Mark’s Basilica, a regally-bred European Champion two-year-old and World Champion three-year-old, to their roster in 2022
With the spectacular Burj Khalifa as their backdrop, 69 blue-blooded two-year-olds galloped on Tuesday morning as the inaugural Dubai Breeze-up Sale got underway
‘She’s bombproof. I didn’t really worry about the wide gate. I told Paddy (Carberry) to just let the race unfold up front. I knew she would be able to zap them in the straight’
An outstanding colt by Russian Revolution has topped a successful 2022 Magic Millions Gold Coast March Yearling Sale
To say to your customers, who are clutching hands full of losing tickets, that they are just basically ‘out of the loop’, should have racing administrators sprinting for the 7 second delay button on the broadcast
The champion sire of today is often the champion broodmare sire of the future, which to a large extent is a self-fulfilling prophecy
A total of 69 blue-blooded future racehorses have arrived in Dubai ahead of the first ever Dubai Breeze-up Sale, which begins on Tuesday
Queensland’s biggest race meeting will be broadcast live and free on Seven and 7plus until 2027
In a coup for breeding in KZN, five-time Gr1 winner Got The Greenlight has been purchased and will be standing at Brett Van Laun’s Camargue Stud in Caversham
Former SA Champion jockey Andrew Fortune’s six month quest to be relicenced to ride again reaches something of a watershed
