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Racing will be conducted over 13 days on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays each week along with a Thanksgiving Day card. DEL MAR, Calif. - Del Mar's fall race meeting begins Friday with an eight-race card, including the featured $75000 Let It Ride Stakes for 3-year-olds at a mile on the turf. Racing will be conducted over 13 days on Fridays, Saturdays…

For racing enthusiasts and fashion lovers, being trackside at Morphettville Racecourse during the Spring Racing Carnival offers a non-stop party vibe like no other. Every Saturday, starting October 14, is an opportunity to get dressed up and socialise with friends in the glorious spring sunshine. With food and drinks flowing, the excitement of the…

Lismore's premier horse race, the Lismore Cup, is on this Thursday, September 21. Lismore Cup is on Thursday, September 21. The 2110m race will be held at Lismore Turf Club, gates open 11am. The Metroll Lismore Cup boasts a total prize pool of $75000 and is run under handicap conditions. The main race is on at 4:35pm. Savvy Lad (NZ), trainer Tony…

Del Mar racetrack's 84th season promises to be another "Classic" one, from the marquee race to a smorgasbord of food-and-beverage events. Action at the seaside oval will begin July 21 and continue through Sept. 10, featuring 39 stakes races worth a total of $8.275 million. The Grade I, $1 million FanDuel Racing Pacific Classic on Sept. 2 tops the…

Boom Queensland youngster Yellow Brick will resume on Saturday at the start of a Group 1 Stradbroke Handicap campaign and with an eye on the $10m Golden Eagle in Sydney later this year. Toowoomba trainers Tony and Maddysen Sears will unleash the exciting three-year-old in the Group 3 Gold Coast Guineas (1200m) which this year will be raced at the…

Platinum Jubilee pulled off an incredible last-to-first run to win the Gimcrack Stakes, but trainer Adrian Bott is expecting her to stay on pace in a red-hot Magic Millions 2YO Classic field. The two-start filly will go into the $2 million feature over 1200m with a $6 winning chance across betting sites, a dollar behind favourite Empire Of Japan…

General admission gates will be thrown open for free on Thursday at the Gold Coast. Picture: Mike Batterham. The gates will be thrown open on Thursday and ticket holders to Saturday's washed out Magic Millions day will get a free beer and a bet as the Gold Coast Turf Club look to salvage something from the wreckage which saw the $11m raceday…

Trainer Peter Snowden maintains the right decision was made to postpone the rich Magic Millions race meeting due to concerns over the Gold Coast track surface last Saturday. The Gold Coast track was downgraded to a heavy 10 after two races and a section of the track near the home turn was particularly dangerous prompting the decision to move the…

Paul Snowden believes Magic Millions 2YO Classic favourite Empire Of Japan starting from barrier 11 will be "perfect" for him in the 1200m feature at Gold Coast Turf Club on Saturday. Last year's convincing Breeders' Plate winner might be a good-value option for punters, with $5 winning odds across betting sites. And Snowden has plenty of faith his…

The TAB's Glenn Munsie says there is a chance Tony Gollan's filly Skirt The Law could become the new Gold Coast Magic Millions 2YO Classic favourite. Picture: Grant Peters - Trackside Photography. Empire Of Japan has been the long-time Gold Coast Magic Millions 2YO Classic favourite but the TAB's Glenn Munsie feels there is a chance he could be…

Luke Henderson is still looking to win a Magic Millions 2YO Classic. Picture: News Corp Australia. Prominent Gold Coast owner Luke Henderson has had racing success most owners could only dream of, but the Magic Millions 2YO Classic is the nut he just can't crack. The real estate agent has won some of Australia's biggest races, but had the Magic…

Magic Millions' signature two and three-year-old races will be boosted to A$3 million (£1708000/€1939000) from 2024 and a $1 million (£569000/€646000) juvenile race for auction house graduates during the company's National Sale in late May will be run as part of a massive shake-up of the Gold Coast carnival. Night meetings on the Gold Coast,…

Platinum Jubilee was a sensational winner of the Gimcrack Stakes. Picture: Mark Evans-Getty Images Sydney punters will get an early Christmas gift when unbeaten juveniles Empire Of Japan, Godfather and Platinum Jubilee face off in a mouth-watering Magic Millions dress rehearsal at Randwick this Saturday. In what shapes as an absorbing showdown on…

It wasn't that long ago racing in Queensland was viewed by many as a basket case but now it has become a bonanza. A $3 million Stradbroke Handicap, a beefed-up Gold Coast Magic Millions day featuring lucrative new races and a pair of fresh slot races. And increases in prizemoney across the board. Horses can't race all year and Victoria and NSW will…

It's time to raise a glass and celebrate the return of Del Mar's fall meet. The seaside oval will reopen for the "Bing Crosby Season" on Nov. 11 and continue through Dec. 4, with a new event on the schedule - Brunch & Brews - and the reappearance of fan favorites such as Uncorked. Races will be held Friday through Sunday, along with Thanksgiving…

It's full speed ahead this summer at the Del Mar racetrack. While the schedule of activities in 2021 was abbreviated because of the COVID-19 pandemic, this season will have a calendar that is chock-full of events, which visitors are more accustomed to seeing. "We're raring to go," said Chris Bahr, Del Mar's director of events and promotions. "Not…

Australia will stage the world's most expensive race for syndicate-owned horses from next year A new race restricted to horses owned by syndicates will be run from next year on the lucrative Magic Millions raceday in Australia. The A$1 million (£792570/€948050) Magic Millions The Syndicate, which will be run over six furlongs at the Gold Coast Turf…

The gates will be thrown open on Thursday and ticket holders to Saturday's washed out Magic Millions day will get a free beer and a bet as the Gold Coast Turf Club look to salvage something from the wreckage which saw the $11m raceday aborted. Unforecast rain wreaked havoc with the already heavily watered track on Saturday morning, meaning just two…

Queensland racing officials have been pleasantly surprised by the bigger than expected wagering turnover on the two-pronged Gold Coast Magic Millions card. There were predictions in some quarters of a wagering wipe-out when the majority of the Saturday Magic Millions raceday was rescheduled to Thursday when unexpected rain and track issues saw the…

The Magic Millions race day on the Gold Coast was stopped after jockeys conducted a secret ballot to decide if the conditions were safe enough to continue. Fourteen millimetres of rain had fallen on Saturday resulting in the track becoming unsuitable after two races were run on the ten-race card. Racing Queensland CEO Brendan Parnell confirmed that…

Trainer Greg Hickman says punter confidence should be paramount and the sanctity of Australian racing's drug-free rules protected in the fallout over the controversial Alligator Blood saga. Hickman prepares and is part-owner of classy sprinter Eleven Eleven who could lose the 2020 Magic Millions 3YO Guineas in the aftermath of a Queensland Supreme…