Posts Tagged "Horse Racing"

Victoria will be pinning its hopes on the most unlikely of aspirants this Saturday, as the focus of the racing world turns to Brisbane for the running of the Doomben 10000.

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The Roar’s journey into Australian racing history continues today with our judges beginning to make some interesting and conflicting decisions.

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Doomben 10,000 preview

By Cameron Rose, 24 May 2013

 

The Brisbane carnival rolls on, and it’s one of the quirks of racing in Australia that the elite races in the Sunshine State so often fall on rain-affected tracks.

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The Roar’s top 50 Australian racehorses of all-time (Part 5) 25-20

By Andrew Hawkins, 23 May 2013

 

The Roar’s list of great Australian horses has already created plenty of debate, with this week’s additions set to create further arguments.

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There has recently been a drastic increase of horses imported to Australia. It has now extended beyond the cashed up metropolitan stables, and smaller stables appear to have given up on training local talent.

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On Tuesday, the Sydney-based Australian Turf Club made changes to its Spring Carnival program that could deny harbour city racegoers the opportunity to watch the best staying colts next season.

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One of the best carnivals for race fans in Australia has been created from the move of a Sydney Saturday metropolitan race meeting to Scone, in the New South Wales Hunter Valley region.

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The Roar’s 50 greatest Australian horses of all time: Peter Pan should be top 3

By Jessica Owers, 20 May 2013

 

The best – it’s one of those tireless conversations in horse racing, like what you’d do if you won the lottery.

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One of the great moments in Australian racing history was Makybe Diva’s thrilling Cox Plate win in 2005.

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Singapore’s international meeting attracts horses from all corners of the world every year, including a number from Australia. Join us here from 9.30pm AEST tonight for a live blog of the Singapore Cup and Krisflyer Spring from Singapore.

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Winter racing heats up today with the first of the staying races and today’s Doomben Cup field is one of the best this race has attracted. Join us here on The Roar from 3.40pm AEST for a live blog of the race.

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While some may joke the champion mare is still running, the inquiry into More Joyous’ pre-race condition and the associated game of Chinese-whispers will have some serious consequences and shows no signs of hitting the back straight any time soon.

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The Roar’s top 50 Australian racehorses of all-time (Part 4)

By Justin Cinque, 17 May 2013

 

The top 50 racehorses of all-time series continues today as Sheek, Andrew Hawkins and Justin Cinque reveal their rankings from 20-16.

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The Roar’s top 50 Australian racehorses of all-time (part 3)

By Justin Cinque, 16 May 2013

 

After the top ten racehorses in Australian history were revealed last week by Sheek, Andrew Hawkins and Justin Cinque, the top 50 series continues today with a countdown from 15-11.

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Gai, Singo and More Joyous: Five things I’ve learnt

By Daniel Miles, 16 May 2013

 

As the saga that was ‘Waterhousegate’ comes to a close, we are finally given a chance to sit back and assess what has transpired from the soap opera that has been plastered across our front pages for the past week and a half.

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Bjorn Baker: the next big name in Australian racing

By Alfred Chan, 15 May 2013

 

There’s something special about New Zealanders who export their talents to Australia, settle down and outshine their local counterparts. Achieving immediate success, Bjorn Baker is a name we should get used to hearing.

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Nothing to see here, folks: nothing good about a circus

By Andrew Hawkins, 14 May 2013

 

The long-held truism that any publicity is good publicity is being seriously challenged by a racing industry jaded by an ongoing circus that makes this week’s notoriously loud Eurovision Song Contest look comparatively tame.

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The More Joyous inquiry continues today after a lack of evidence enforced a stay of proceedings last week. Join us here on The Roar from 10.00am AEST for live coverage throughout the day with key testimony from Andrew Johns set to test allegiances.

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Australia may not be considered one of the world’s premier racing nation, but one area in which this country leads the world internationally is the finite art of racecalling.

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Adelaide’s season of racing concludes with the state’s most prestigious race, the Goodwood Handicap. Join us here on The Roar from 4.35pm AEST for full coverage of the race.

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