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The ATC came into being on 7 February 2011 when the Australian Jockey Club (AJC) and the Sydney Turf Club (STC) merged. [2] The ATC primarily operates out of their offices at Randwick Racecourse and employs approximately 270 full-time staff and over 1,000 casual staff across the five venues.
Miller's Guide is an Australian annual sporting publication that lists sporting world records, gives a comprehensive history of results of the major Australian horse races and provides a form guide to all entries for the Melbourne and Caulfield Cups.
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.
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]
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.
During a career spanning thirty-three years it is estimated that he has called over 50,000 individual races and became the voice of Australian racing to a whole generation. As a child Tapp developed a fascination with listening to famous racecaller of the day Ken Howard on the Wireless Radio , calling races on a Saturday afternoon.
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 ...