Monthly Archive: November 2019

The last Group 1 race of November and second last of 2019 is the 1200-metre, weight for age Winterbottom Stakes Saturday next a Perth’s Ascot racecourse. The race is relatively new to the ranks of Group 1 level, having been…
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Last year All-Star Mile winner Mystic Journey has apparently arrived at her mysterious destination sooner than expected, although a journey could hardly be considered mystic if the destination were known in advance, could it? She has been spelling since running…
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Anywhere in the world, people will say, “If you don’t like the weather, stick around five minutes. Our personal space at the moment features nice weather, but we recall a not-too-distant time when Eagle Farm was literally underwater and needed…
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Punters looking for top quality racing on the weekend can find two Group races jumping at Ascot. The Group 1 Railway Stakes (1600 m, open handicap) is the feature and is race number eight for the meeting. The race made…
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From what we can determine, the NT wise guys have no interest beyond what happens in the east. It took some digging to find the numbers for the Group 1 Railway Stakes at Ascot Saturday coming. We typically rely on…
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The first racing news we encountered today concerned Le Romain and that fact that the seven-year-old progeny of Hard Spun was observed bleeding from both nostrils after pulling up and finishing last in The Hunter at Newcastle racecourse. It was…
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It is a relatively quiet weekend of Thoroughbred racing. Mind, not silent, just quiet. There are no Group 1 races being run, but Ascot in Western Australia is gearing up for some nice racing over the last half of November….
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Who better than Tom Waterhouse to state the obvious? “The tax environment has killed racing’s pricing model. It is the most expensive sport for a punter to bet on and by a big margin.” Waterhouse drew some comparisons with the…
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It may appear so, at least mildly and to the mindset of the paranoid, that Racing Australia, despite its heavy efforts to recruit internationals to participate in the Melbourne Cup, want only native bred horses to win the race. Fuel…
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Saturday at Flemington will find some nice racing on offer, with the Group 1 Emirates Stakes (2000 m, w.f.a). The other Group 1 on the day is the VRC Sprint Classic (1200 m, w.f.a). The Group 2 Matriarch Stakes (2000…
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