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Cox Plate: Some random trivia around the big race

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Adam Page

Roar Guru

Adam Page

Roar Guru

Harness racing selections: Mildura and Menangle, Saturday, October 24

A monster 11-race card has been set down for Mildura on Saturday night, with the first to get underway at 5.17pm local time. Below are a few suggested bets for the meeting.

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Harness racing selections: Mildura and Menangle, Saturday, October 24

Dixie

Roar Guru

Dixie

Roar Guru

Spring racing selections: Randwick and Moonee Valley day tips for Saturday, October 24

It is onward and upward to fabulous Cox Plate day this Saturday.

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Dixie

Roar Guru

Dixie

Roar Guru

Spring racing selections: The Everest and Caulfield Cup day tips for Saturday, 17 October

What a day of racing we have coming up!

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Spring racing selections: The Everest and Caulfield Cup day tips for Saturday, 17 October

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Swooping magpie smashes into jockey, fails to stop race win

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Dixie

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Spring racing selections: Randwick and Caulfield tips for Saturday, 10 October

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The Lighthouse

Roar Rookie

The history of the Caulfield Guineas and Spring Champion day

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Dixie

Roar Guru

Spring racing selections: Randwick and Flemington tips for Saturday, 3 October

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The Lighthouse

Roar Rookie

Choosing a stallion this spring

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William Cornwill

Roar Guru

The Mounting Yard: Turnbull Stakes Day preview

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Dixie

Roar Guru

Spring racing selections: Rosehill and Caulfield tips for Saturday, 26 September

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Sep

Spring racing selections: Rosehill and Caulfield tips for Saturday, 26 September

William Cornwill

Roar Guru

The Mounting Yard: Underwood Stakes day preview

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Sep

The Mounting Yard: Underwood Stakes day preview

Dixie

Roar Guru

Spring racing selections: Randwick and Caulfield tips for Saturday, 19 September

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Sep

Spring racing selections: Randwick and Caulfield tips for Saturday, 19 September

The Lighthouse

Roar Rookie

Australia's most influential racing figure

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Sep

Australia's most influential racing figure

William Cornwill

Roar Guru

The Mounting Yard: Rupert Clarke Stakes Day preview

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Sep

The Mounting Yard: Rupert Clarke Stakes Day preview

Dixie

Roar Guru

Sydney racing selections: Rosehill tips for Saturday, 12 September

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Sep

Sydney racing selections: Rosehill tips for Saturday, 12 September

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Ben Pobjie

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Sick of it: Sport's greatest illnesses

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Brian said Guest

Ronaldo, Nike & the 1998 WC Final

Basketball

Aug

Ben Pobjie

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Ben Pobjie

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Sick of it: Sport's greatest illnesses

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Brian said Guest

Ronaldo, Nike & the 1998 WC Final

Basketball

Aug

Stuart Thomas

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Stuart Thomas

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What events are on your sporting bucket list?

The currently silent and vacant sporting landscape has brought on much reflection. Many Australian competitions appear likely to go to ruin in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, and concerns around what our sporting face will look like in a few months are genuine.

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Apr

What events are on your sporting bucket list?

Stuart Thomas

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What events are on your sporting bucket list?

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168

Apr

Tristan Rayner

Editor

Tristan Rayner

Editor

Gai Waterhouse: Like no other trainer in the world

Is there any other trainer in Australia or wider that sticks to a style so pure, so unyielding, other than Gai Waterhouse?

Racing

Mar

Gai Waterhouse: Like no other trainer in the world

Tristan Rayner

Editor

Gai Waterhouse: Like no other trainer in the world

Racing

Mar

Matt Nicholls

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Matt Nicholls

Expert

Five horses to back this Saturday in Melbourne and Sydney

Refreshed after a couple of weeks away from the racing circuit, I’m back in the saddle this weekend as the industry returns to the major tracks.

Racing

Nov

Five horses to back this Saturday in Melbourne and Sydney

Matt Nicholls

Expert

Five horses to back this Saturday in Melbourne and Sydney

Racing

Nov

Matt Nicholls

Expert

Matt Nicholls

Expert

Vow And Declare might have won his last race, plus Oaks Day tips

There’s no greater marathon in world sport than the Flemington carnival.

Racing

Nov

Vow And Declare might have won his last race, plus Oaks Day tips

Matt Nicholls

Expert

Vow And Declare might have won his last race, plus Oaks Day tips

Racing

Nov

Connor Bennett

Editor

Connor Bennett

Editor

Melbourne Cup 2019: Winners and losers

Vow And Declare has taken out of the most incredible Melbourne Cup finishes in recent memory, leading home a four-horse pack by barely half a nose to take the race that stops the nation.

Racing

Nov

Connor Bennett

Editor

Melbourne Cup 2019: Winners and losers

Racing

Nov

The Roar

Flemington Race 10 result: Akari wins the Hong Kong Jockey Club Stakes

All placings required a photo finish, but it was Akari who ended up winning the 2019 Hong Kong Jockey Club Stakes at Flemington on Melbourne Cup Day.

Racing

Nov

Flemington Race 10 result: Akari wins the Hong Kong Jockey Club Stakes

The Roar

Flemington Race 10 result: Akari wins the Hong Kong Jockey Club Stakes

Racing

Nov

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Roar Rookie

The era of the flexi quaddie

Usually I listen to, rather than watch, the races on a Saturday afternoon, discreetly using vital outdoor tasks like cleaning the gutters or pulling weeds as cover for my clandestine activities.

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Sep

William Cornwill

Roar Guru

The Mounting Yard: Makybe Diva Stakes Day preview

We head back to fabulous Flemington this week for Group 1 racing.

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Sep

Dixie

Roar Guru

Sydney racing selections: Randwick tips for Saturday, 5 September

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Sep

William Cornwill

Roar Guru

The Mounting Yard: Feehan Stakes Day preview

Racing

Sep

William Cornwill

Roar Guru

The Mounting Yard: Memsie Stakes day at Caulfield

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Aug

Dixie

Roar Guru

Sydney racing selections: Rosehill tips for Saturday, 29 August

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Aug

Dixie

Roar Guru

Sydney racing selections: Randwick tips for Saturday, 22 August

What a return last week, thanks for the comments and feedback.

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Aug

Dixie

Roar Guru

Sydney racing selections: Randwick tips for Saturday, 15 August

Randwick, wet, same old same old.

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Aug

William Cornwill

Roar Guru

The Mounting Yard: PB Lawrence Stakes day at Caulfield preview

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Aug

Dixie

Roar Guru

Sydney racing selections: Rosehill tips for Saturday, 8 August

Racing

Aug

William Cornwill

Roar Guru

The Mounting Yard: Aurie's Star Handicap day at Flemington preview

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Aug

Dixie

Roar Guru

Sydney racing selections: Randwick tips for Saturday, 1 August

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Jul

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Spring racing selections: Randwick and Moonee Valley day tips for Saturday, October 24

Dixie said Roar Guru

Unfortunately Sound found the other end of the riding spectrum, boy if I had a dollar for every time a horse I back at t…(more)

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Not a bad day out. Ended slightly in front – so many scratchings and the track deterioration knocked a couple of others …(more)

Cox Plate: Some random trivia around the big race

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Messrs Bucket and Mordy – without my timely copy of the Punters Bible I felt unable to recommend anything when I submitt…(more)

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Great article today, Lighthouse. Most informative for the uninitiated.
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Thanks Lighthouse for a fascinating read about the history of the Cox Plate. I’ve got a spare $5 in my betting account…(more)

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Jockeys get into furious brawl after race

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2018

Word on the street is it was over a half eaten Happy Meal!

Racing

2018

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The Roar

How to train the perfect racehorse

Trainer John Sargent sat down with The Roar to reflect on his involvement in the Melbourne Cup over the years including when he came sixth in 2015 with ‘Gust of Wind.’ She remains the last horse to beat Winx.

Racing

2018

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How to train the perfect racehorse

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2018

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The Roar

Former Tour de France cyclist races a horse, because of course

It’s the race we’ve always wanted to see.

Racing

2018

Former Tour de France cyclist races a horse, because of course

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Former Tour de France cyclist races a horse, because of course

Racing

2018

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The Roar

Man's divorce inspires one of the most bizarre race names

David Chillery got divorced in 1998, but it turns out he is only just “celebrating” it now by sponsoring a race at Newton Abbot in the U.K.

Racing

2018

Man's divorce inspires one of the most bizarre race names

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Man's divorce inspires one of the most bizarre race names

Racing

2018

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The Roar

Comically awful conditions make for a racecaller's nightmare

Who would want to be a racecaller?

Racing

2018

Comically awful conditions make for a racecaller's nightmare

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The Roar

Comically awful conditions make for a racecaller's nightmare

Racing

2018

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The Roar

Chaos as horse jumps the fence and BOLTS mid-race

The Lion Dancer needed a tamer at Towcester racecourse in England.

Racing

2018

Chaos as horse jumps the fence and BOLTS mid-race

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The Roar

Chaos as horse jumps the fence and BOLTS mid-race

Racing

2018

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The Roar

Deers run across English racetrack

There were some unexpected track invaders at an English race meeting in Newcastle, when two dears leaped across just meters in front of the horses who were approaching the final bend.

Racing

2018

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The Roar

Deers run across English racetrack

2018

Jockeys get into furious brawl after race (0:35)

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Matt Nicholls

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The 20 greatest Australian racehorses of the past 20 years

This weekend, Australian racing will lose one of its best thoroughbreds of all time to retirement.

Racing

2019

The 20 greatest Australian racehorses of the past 20 years

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This weekend, Australian racing will lose one of its best thoroughbreds of all time to retirement.

Racing

2019

Matt Nicholls

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The 20 greatest Australian racehorses of the past 20 years

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