Saintly, or “the horse from Heaven” as he became known, was bred, trained and part owned by Bart Cummings. He was a giant Chestnut Gelding by Sky Chase out of All Grace, he was named Australia’s champion racehorse in 1997. Saintly became known as “the... 153d6e
Competition Ends: July 4th 2016 (Sydney Eastern Standard Time) Update: Competition winner announced. Saintly is the Australian Champion racehorse for 1997, and Melbourne Cup Winner for 1996. Saintly was named the "horse from heaven" due to a partnership with Jockey Darren Bean. Saintly was just the fourth horse...
Hardship Payments will be made available to trainers affected by the floods around the state of NSW, by a comionate fund controlled by Racing NSW. The Trainers need to Racing NSW to apply for help. Racetracks across the state have been working on drainage over...
Each year rural, regional and metropolitan communities across Australia and New Zealand are provided a once in a life time opportunity to experience the emirates Melbourne cup firsthand. Before returning to Flemington racecourse for ‘the race that stops a nation™’ the annual tour celebrates the heroes...
The following are five race tracks that the crew at Equus racing feel are the most astonishing and unique racetracks that any racing enthusiast needs to visit in their lifetime! #1 Broome Racetrack [caption id="attachment_1352" align="aligncenter" width="652"] ????[/caption] Where The Broome raceway is found 2249km up the Western Australian...
“Follow your gut feeling, it’s always right” We have all heard this hundreds of times in our lives, but are gut feelings and omen bets always or even ever right? Everyone has had a look over the form guide before and a runner stands out or catches...
Australia's best racehorse Winx has just been ranked as the best in the world equal with California Chrome on a rating of 126. Whilst we all know how amazing she is what does this mean and how did they come to this verdict. The World’s Best...
The importance of a staking plan was highlighted to me last week after a professional punter I know very well nearly came to grief. For several years now my friend who is in his sixties s himself solely from the punt, living in a beautiful...
The new whip rules are affecting punters in more ways than first thought. On the weekend at the Sunshine Coast stewards set a controversial precedent by upholding the protest lodged by Sarah Eibeck on Stonecast who had at first dead-heated with the Taylor Williams mount...
Racetrack conditions are a hot topic lately with the hot race days we have been having the state of the track has been a point of discussion amongst trainers, owners and punters alike. Trainer Lee Freedman was not happy with the conditions and did not...
