Thoroughbred racing fans will have the opportunity to decide who will be elevated to the status of Australian Racing Hall of Fame Legend in a unique new promotion announced today in conjunction with 1300 Australia.
SYDNEY broadcaster and racehorse owner Alan Jones will chair what is deemed a "crucial meeting to discuss racing's future" with a who's who list of invitees.
The retirement this week of Takeover Target has led writer Brian Russell to ponder the feats of Choisir – whose trailblazing feats in 2003 have led to a regular Australian invasion of Royal Ascot.
The stakes races in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane today were each won in impressive style by graduates of the Inglis Sydney Classic Sale, continuing the Inglis dominance in Australian black type races this season.
The Tim Martin trained bargain buy The Mikado became the latest beneficiary of the Inglis Race Series when picking up the $50,000 Bonus in today's Southern Cross Ten 2YO Plate at Grafton.
RACING'S latest fairytale is over but for thoroughbred cult hero Takeover Target it was not a happy ending. The Hollywood movie with blockbuster credentials can now begin.
Vendors have until close of business Thursday July 9, to lodge entries into the main catalogue for the two day Inglis August Thoroughbred Sale to be held in Melbourne.
The Australian Racing Board Chairman has today said that two essential elements of public discussion on the industry’s future were the need for fact-based analysis and a realisation that some change was necessary.
Nominations for the next NSW leg of the Inglis Race Series, the Southern Cross Ten 2YO Plate on Grafton Cup Day, close at 11am tomorrow Wednesday July 8.
BROODMARES of 18 years and older will no longer be sold by the world's major bloodstock auction houses, following the adoption of new guidelines by the Society of International Thoroughbred Auctioneers (SITA.