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The programme would later be expanded to run for 60 minutes. The programme aired every Saturday and was shown regardless of whether Channel 4 was televising horse racing later that day. The programme also provided tips and advice for the forthcoming day's racing. The show featured contributions from a panel of racing pundits.
Neck: A win or place margin, which in racing is about the length of a horse's neck. Neglected: Attracting very little support in the betting. Nose: The short winning margin in an Australian horse race, followed by a short half-head. [2] Nose band: A leather strap that goes around a horse's nose to help keep the mouth shut. [2]
This List of Australian Group races is recognized as a list of Australia's classified Black type thoroughbred horse races. [1] The Pattern Committee of the Australian Racing Board (ARB) [2] recommends which races shall be designated as Group and Listed races for the racing season. The current list is for the 2019–2020 Australian Racing season ...
The Australian Rules of Racing are the rules approved by the Australian Racing Board to ensure that thoroughbred horse racing in all States and Territories of Australia is conducted according to the same general practices, conditions and integrity.
Thoroughbred horse racing is a spectator sport in Australia, and gambling on horse races is a very popular pastime with A$14.3 billion wagered in 2009/10 [1] with bookmakers and the Totalisator Agency Board (TAB). The two forms of Thoroughbred horseracing in Australia are flat racing, and races over fences or hurdles in Victoria and South ...
Most National newspapers in the UK employ a tipster or columnist who provides horse racing tips. Rather than pick a tip for each race that occurs on a given day the normal protocol is to provide a Nap and nb selection. Nap (derived from the card game Napoleon [2]) indicates this is the tipster's most confident selection of the day.
Sky Racing (previously Sky Channel) is an Australian broadcaster primarily telecasting live thoroughbred, harness and greyhound racing. It is owned by Tabcorp and operates a number of television channels and a radio service.
The Melbourne Cup is an annual Group 1 Thoroughbred horse race held in Melbourne, Australia, at the Flemington Racecourse.It is a 3200-metre race for three-year-olds and older, conducted by the Victoria Racing Club that forms part of the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival.