#Matt Williams

Two of Australia's biggest racing websites - Racenet and Punters - have recorded their best spring carnival in history. During the 11-week carnival, which ran from late August until Champions Day on November 5, both websites had a combined audience of 5.1 million for a total of 73 million page views. On Melbourne Cup day, both websites topped 1…

Race 14: 1 1/8th (Dirt), Curlin Florida Derby (G1), Purse $1 million, 3 (Saturday) Named for that celebrated Steve Asmussen runner, the Curlin Florida Derby is a Grade 1 staple on the Kentucky Derby Trail, offering "Points" of 100-40-20-10 in that order to the top 4 finishers. The race continues to be dominated by trainer Todd Pletcher, who has won…

The three-horse race many were expecting in the NL West didn't go as planned, as one team pulled up lame. The San Diego Padres went 79-83 last season, finishing just 4.5 games better than the Rockies and a whopping 27 games behind the second-place Dodgers. Keeping up with thoroughbreds isn't easy, but the Padres ran a bad race and it has left a lot…

The Race to the KY Derby Is On: A Look at the Various Roadtrips (Secret Oath / Photo by Holly M. Smith) From the Churchill Downs Media Team: Kentucky Derby fans across the world will be eyeing Hot Springs, Ark. on Saturday as outstanding 3-year-old filly Secret Oath, trained by 86-year-old Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas, will take on the boys…

Incentivise wins the 2021 Caulfield Cup. The time has come for the Melbourne Racing Club to dump the Coongy Cup as a Caulfield Cup qualifier. There's two key reasons for this. 1. If a horse wins the Coongy it has next to no chance of winning the Cup in the modern era. 2. It ruins the theatre of what could be a spectacular barrier draw which the…

Anyone who likes a good fishing story is sure to love one that unfolded at the dramatic ending of the Major League Fishing Toyota Series bass tournament recently at Lake Truman in Warsaw, Mo. There, 35-year-old pro angler Hunter Baughman of Judsonia, Ark., whipped the best sticks in the Plains Division and won his first big league event. While the…

FULL TIME: Ireland 23 New Zealand 12 A historic day for Irish rugby. Ireland deserved winners as Ta'avao's red card proved costly for the All Blacks. Big heroes across the pitch from Peter O'Mahony to Tadhg Beirne, to two-try hero Andrew Porter. The scoreline could have been more as they executed their game plan perfectly. Read Gerry Thornley's…