Racing purists worry about the galloping “invasion”
ARE imported horses stealing our major races and the big prizemoney at the expense of Australia-bred gallopers? BRIAN MELDRUM dissects the results: More »
ARE imported horses stealing our major races and the big prizemoney at the expense of Australia-bred gallopers? BRIAN MELDRUM dissects the results: More »
HOW CAN a now-retired horse who lost three of his last five starts be judged the finest thoroughbred in the world? BRIAN MELDRUM searches but fails to find any sensible answer. More »
BRIAN MELDRUM welcomes the foreign raiders to Flemington in November but warns that it is essential to keep romance in our greatest race. More »
HORSE RACING these days is an industry in the true sense of the word, but you don’t have to look far below the surface to discover there is still a romance to the turf, as BRIAN MELDRUM REPORTS More »
BRIAN MELDRUM recalls the day the roughest of roughies downed the favourite to win the Victoria Derby. More »
IT WAS a moment when racegoers and viewers across the country held their breath. Was Humidor going to run down the mighty Winx? BRIAN MELDRUM reports on that dramatic challenge: More »
WITH a field including horses that had won a total of 51 Group One races, the 1992 Cox Plate was a race to remember, as BRIAN MELDRUM reports. More »
THE HAYES family cheered loud and long as Boom Time burst clear and won them a Caulfield Cup. It was another classic win for a family well used to having them. But, as BRIAN MELDRUM reports, it was something else indeed for the young jockey given his first cra... More »
THERE’S SO much at stake as jockeys jostle for position in the Cups. BRIAN MELDRUM looks back at a couple of rough rides which might well have decided the outcome of two of our famous races: Amid the the thunder of hooves, the cracking of whips, the yelling of... More »
THEY WERE RACING at Manangatang on Saturday but were jockeys lives being put at risk? BRIAN MELDRUM thinks they were. More »
HOW UNLUCKY can you be? BRIAN MELDRUM looks back on two controversial finishes to the Caulfield Guineas which were fought out in the stewards’ room. More »
BRIAN MELDRUM conjures up the dream race to decide the true ruler of the turf. More »