The Everest is named after the tallest peak in the world, not the amount of cash up for grabs in Australia’s open-air ATM-with-a-twist race. That distinction out of the way, the fifth edition of the richest race on turf sends its 12 contenders out of the Randwick starting gate Friday […]
Tag: Australian Horse Racing
New Jersey Legislators Pass Fixed-Odds Wagering in Time for Haskell
New Jersey took another step toward fixed-odds horse racing wagering on Monday when the bill legalizing that brand of wagering unanimously passed both legislative houses. After clearing the state senate 40-0 and the state assembly, 74-0-1, it now heads to Gov. Phil Murphy’s desk for his expected signature. The Thoroughbred […]
New Jersey Moves One Step Closer to Fixed-Odds Horseracing Wagering
A bill expanding and legalizing fixed-odds wagering on New Jersey horse races emerged from committees in that state’s senate – a little more than a week after being introduced in New Jersey’s state legislature. The bill, allowing permanent fixed odds on races, enjoys bipartisan support in the state legislature. The […]
Queen Elizabeth Stakes Headlines Day 2 of The Championships
The fact there is a main event in the COVID-19 era took a back seat for Day 2 of tonight’s The Championships from Royal Randwick in Sydney. The biggest question horse racing fans across racing-mad Australia have is this: How do you follow a superhorse in the main event? That […]
The Championships Begin In Australia Tonight With No Spectators
The easiest way to classify The Championships, which begin tonight at Royal Randwick in Sydney, is to compare the crown jewel of Australia’s Autumn Carnival of racing to the Breeders’ Cup World Championships. Just add more than 150 years of tradition to several of the races, while at the same […]
Match Made in Horse Heaven: Winx Heads to Top Aussie Sire I Am Invincible
Winx the Aussie super mare, is ready to visit her nation’s top sire I Am Invincible. The goal: produce another champion. Winx retired just a few months ago with her history-making 33-race win streak from May 2015 through April 2019 still intact. She retires with a record of 37 wins […]
Winx Goes Out a Winner: See Aussie Super Horse’s Final Race (VIDEO)
As has become customary over the past few years, jockey Hugh Bowman let Winx settle from her outside draw, ranging up on the far outside about mid-pack near the halfway mark of the 2000 meter turf race (just less than 1 1/4 mile), where she stormed home in her usual […]
Winx’s Last Race: One of the Best Horses Ever Calling It a Career
Winx, generally regarded as one of the greatest equine athletes ever to look through a bridal, takes her final bow Saturday at Royal Randwick Racecourse, in suburban Sydney. The “mare beyond compare,†now age 7, is in search of a 33rd straight victory as a farewell celebration on her way […]
Winx ‘Puts Them All to the Sword’ as Racing’s Sure Thing
Novice horseplayers learn early on that when it comes to betting the ponies there are no real certainties. But now, Winx the incredible Australian race mare is displaying that when she sets foot on the turf, perhaps, she’s a sure winner after all. This week, in the most recent in […]
Winx, World’s Best Racehorse, Provides Starry Aussie Nights in Career Homestretch
There’s little left for Australian superhorse Winx to prove on the racetrack. Yet, the champion mare, winner of 31 straight races, is set to fortify her place in history Saturday at Rosehill Gardens, near Sydney. Winx currently ranks first in a poll of international voters as world’s best race horse. […]
Oi Oi Oi! Winx Notches 30th Win in a Row Down Under
The “Down-Under Wonder†Winx gave her fans what they wanted to see Saturday, notching her astounding 30th straight win. Her victory by two lengths in the 7/8 mile Apollo Stakes on the turf came at odds of 1/9 at her home track Royal Randwick in suburban Sydney. And once again the […]
Winx Puts 29-Race Winning Streak on the Line at Royal Randwick
Winx, the first lady of horse racing, puts her 29-race winning streak on the line Saturday in the Apollo Stakes at Royal Randwick near Sydney. Post time in the US is 11:50 pm ET Friday. TVG is telecasting the race live. The Aussie-based daughter of Street Cry is expected to […]