Thoroughbred Champion Might And Power – Power – EzineMark

April 21, 2013 By Leave a Comment

A truly magnificent thoroughbred horse, the New Zealand bred and Australian owned gelding, Might and Power conquered Australian horse racing in the 1990s. He was named Australian Horse of the Year twice. The brown very plain horse that could of passed off for a few dollars at the yearling sales did his owner and trainer proud, and wealthy, with an astonishing $5 million dollars in prize money. His indefatigable spirit to win made him one the very few thoroughbreds to succeed in winning both the Melbourne and Caulfield Cup double

Might and Power by Zabeel, a champion sire, is rated among greats such as Tulloch and Kingston Town, who each had their moments of glory on Australian racing tracks. Owner Nick Moraitis, jockeys Brian York and Jimmy Cassidy, trainer Jack Denham, all had much to do with the horses great success. After his first victory in only his third start on 24 July 1996, never looked back, winning back-to-back restricted races at Canterbury and an impressive victory in the Frank Packer Plate, winning by six lengths.

What made the sprinter different from the pack was his free, front running style that made him win a number of races by big margins, breaking many course records along the way. As a four-year old the bay gelding reaffirmed his authority on the race tracks with an impressive victory in the Show County Quality over a distance of 1,200 meters, coming from right behind to beat Alfa, winner of the Caulfield Guineas. With Jim Cassidy in the saddle, Might and Power made mincemeat of his rivals in the 2,400

At the start of 1997 Might and Power ran into third place in the Orr Stakes and then ran into second position in the St. George Stakes, behind Dane Ripper, while a minor injury forced the gelding out of the Australian Cup. In Sydney Brian York took over the reins and steered Might and Power to a five length win in the Mercedes Classic. Might and Power was now definitely the horse to back, soon becoming every punter’s favorite by winning four weight-for-age races. The AJC Queen Elizabeth Stakes was the icing on the cake which the gelding won by ten and a half lengths in a race that included the best among Group 1 winners including the like of Champagne and Juggler. Might and Power continued on his winning way with more victories when he won by five and three quarter lengths from Summer Beau in the Hollindale Cup in Queensland, and then another win by one length in the Doomben Cup defeating Intergaze.

After a few defeats, Brian York was again replaced by Jim Cassidy, who whipped up the Caulfield Stakes once again. The gelding had 40,000 punters in Moonee Valley on their toes on 24 October 1998 in the Cox Plate, winning comfortably in record time by over a length from Northern Drake. The VRC Queen Elizabeth Stakes was perhaps his last victory, winning by seven lengths after which a tendon injury kept the gelding out of racing until September 2000, trotting off into retirement at the Living Legends in Woodlands Historic Park, Greenvale, Victoria, after two starts. Undoubtedly, Might and Power is also an inductee in the Australian Racing Hall of Fame.

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Horse Racing in Australia

May 8, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Horse racing in Australia is the third most popular spectator sport behind Australian rules football and rugby, with almost 2 million admissions to Australia’s 360 registered racecourses in 2009-10. It’s also a popular betting activity, with $14.3 billion wagered in 2009-10. Bets are placed with bookmakers and the Totalisator Agency Board (TAB).
The most popular forms of Thoroughbred horse racing in Australia are flat racing and hurdle racing. Australia has more racecourses than any other nation, and is second to the United States in the number of horses starting in races each year. Australia comes in third after the United States and Japan in the amount of prize money distributed annually.
The Australian Racing Board administers.  As a whole, the industry employs 250,000 people full-time or part-time. About 300,000 either own or are members of syndicates that own the 30,000 horses training in Australia.
The most popular Thoroughbred horse racing in Australia events are the Melbourne Cup, Victoria Derby, VRC Oaks, Golden Slipper Stakes, Caulfield Cup, and W.S. Cox Plate.
The first horses arrived in Australia with the First Fleet on January 26, 1788, a total of one stallion, one colt, three mares, and two filles from Cape Town, South Africa. In 1797.  Rockingham became the first or one of the first Thoroughbreds imported into Australia, followed in 1802 by the stallion Northumberland, and  Old Hector in 1803. In 1825 Mano became the first General Stud Book horse recorded Thoroughbred mare to arrive in Australia. In 1826 Thoroughbred stallion Peter Fin and mares Cutty Sark and Spaewafe followed.
Early Austrialian horse breeders include Robert Campbell (1769-1846), explorer Lt. William Lawson (1774-1850), wool industry pioneer John Macarthur (1767-1834), John Piper (1773-1851), Dr. D’Arcy Wentworth (1762-1827), and James White (1828-90).
Eventually Australia began exporting champion Thoroughbred stallions to America, including Berborough, Shannon, Sailor’s Guide, and Royal Gem.
Australian jockeys pioneered the crouched riding style independently from American jockeys.
The first official horse race in Australia was held at Hyde Park in Sydney in October 1810. In 1838 the first official horse races were held in Victoria on Batman’s Hill in Melbourne. In 1864 the Victorian Racing Club was formed from the merger of the Victoria Jockey Club and Victoria Turf Club. Victoria is now considered the home of horse racing in Australia.
The Automatic Totalisator came to Australia in 1913, offering parimutuel betting.
One of the top Australian Thoroughbreds of all time was New Zealand-born Phar Lap (1926-32), who died after a sudden mysterious illness, becoming the third highest stakes winner in the world.
The Australian Racing Hall of Fame was officially created in 2000, honoring great champion horses including Ajax, Phar Lap, Northerly, Eurythmic, Sky High, and Rising Fast, champion jockeys including Darby Munro, George Moore, Bobby Lewis, and Billy Cook, and champion trainers including Bart Cummings, James Scobie, and Tommy Smith.

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Horse Racing In Victoria

April 17, 2012 By 1 Comment

Thoroughbred horse racing in Victoria is among the best in the world. While their breeding industry trails behind NSW, the state is home to Australia’s premier races. Victorian racing attracts horses from all over the world for their carnivals, while television coverage extends to most countries and millions of viewers worldwide. More than just racing, the Spring Carnival incorporates a range of cultural events and entertainment for the whole family.

The high point of horse racing in Victoria is the Spring Racing Carnival which begins in September and ends in the 1st week of November. The highlight of course is the first Tuesday in November which sees the running of the Melbourne Cup. Melbourne Cup week attracts tourists from all over the world. The Saturday sees the running of the VRC Derby for 3yo’s as well as the traditional final qualification races for the Melbourne Cup. The Cup is run on Tuesday, while the 3yo filly’s classic, the VRC Oaks is the highlight of Lady’s Day on Thursday.

Racing in Victoria is overseen by Racing Victoria Limited which was formed in 2001 and has representatives from most sectors of the industry. Victoria races on four major metropolitan tracks in Flemington, Caulfield, Moonee Valley and Betfair Park, formerly Sandown. The State boasts almost 70 racetracks. Being among the 1st States in Australia Victoria introduced an artificial all weather racecourse which was installed at Geelong. Moonee Valley was also among the first tracks in the country to introduce night racing.

There are twenty seven Group 1 races held each season in Victoria with prize money for these races totalling over $26 million. The Melbourne Cup is Australia’s richest race, while the Cox Plate, Victoria Derby and Caulfield Cup are also high on the list. Total black type prize money in the State is almost $50 million for the season. The shortest Group 1 race in Victoria is the Lightning Stakes held in late Summer each year. Victoria holds only one Group 1 race for 2yo horses in the Blue Diamond which is the first Group 1 race for this age group in Australia each season.

Total prize money in Victorian horse racing for the 2009 season totalled in excess of $135 million. Almost $6 million was added to this total through incentive schemes introduced by Racing Victoria. Over 550 individual race meetings were conducted, with almost 4500 races in total. Over 9000 horses have contested in these races.

Peter Moody, Lee Freedman, Darren Weir and Mick Price are leading Victorian horse trainers. They are supported by some of Australia’s leading jockeys in Damien Oliver, Nash Rawiller, Kerrin McEvoy and Michael Rodd.

The State is one of the few in Australia that continues jumps racing. The jumping season operates over late Winter, and has drawn criticism in recent years from animal rights activists. Almost 90 jumps races were held in the state during the last racing season, and over 200 individual horses competed in these. Victoria has a long and rich past in this form of horse racing.

Victoria is home to a buoyant breeding industry. Almost 200 stallions stand throughout the State, and Victoria produced over 4000 foals in 2008. William Inglis is the major sales company in the State. The Inglis Premier Yearling sale is the feature sale held in the 1st week of March annually. Over $25 million worth of yearlings were sold at the Melbourne Premier in 2009.

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Horse Racing In Victoria

April 7, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Thoroughbred horse racing in Victoria is among the best in the world. While their breeding industry trails behind NSW, the state is home to Australia’s premier races. Victorian racing attracts horses from all over the world for their carnivals, while television coverage extends to most countries and millions of viewers worldwide. More than just racing, the Spring Carnival incorporates a range of cultural events and entertainment for the whole family.

The high point of horse racing in Victoria is the Spring Racing Carnival which begins in September and ends in the 1st week of November. The highlight of course is the first Tuesday in November which sees the running of the Melbourne Cup. Melbourne Cup week attracts tourists from all over the world. The Saturday sees the running of the VRC Derby for 3yo’s as well as the traditional final qualification races for the Melbourne Cup. The Cup is run on Tuesday, while the 3yo filly’s classic, the VRC Oaks is the highlight of Lady’s Day on Thursday.

Racing in Victoria is overseen by Racing Victoria Limited which was formed in 2001 and has representatives from most sectors of the industry. Victoria races on four major metropolitan tracks in Flemington, Caulfield, Moonee Valley and Betfair Park, formerly Sandown. The State boasts almost 70 racetracks. Being among the 1st States in Australia Victoria introduced an artificial all weather racecourse which was installed at Geelong. Moonee Valley was also among the first tracks in the country to introduce night racing.

There are twenty seven Group 1 races held each season in Victoria with prize money for these races totalling over $26 million. The Melbourne Cup is Australia’s richest race, while the Cox Plate, Victoria Derby and Caulfield Cup are also high on the list. Total black type prize money in the State is almost $50 million for the season. The shortest Group 1 race in Victoria is the Lightning Stakes held in late Summer each year. Victoria holds only one Group 1 race for 2yo horses in the Blue Diamond which is the first Group 1 race for this age group in Australia each season.

Total prize money in Victorian horse racing for the 2009 season totalled in excess of $135 million. Almost $6 million was added to this total through incentive schemes introduced by Racing Victoria. Over 550 individual race meetings were conducted, with almost 4500 races in total. Over 9000 horses have contested in these races.

Peter Moody, Lee Freedman, Darren Weir and Mick Price are leading Victorian horse trainers. They are supported by some of Australia’s leading jockeys in Damien Oliver, Nash Rawiller, Kerrin McEvoy and Michael Rodd.

The State is one of the few in Australia that continues jumps racing. The jumping season operates over late Winter, and has drawn criticism in recent years from animal rights activists. Almost 90 jumps races were held in the state during the last racing season, and over 200 individual horses competed in these. Victoria has a long and rich past in this form of horse racing.

Victoria is home to a buoyant breeding industry. Almost 200 stallions stand throughout the State, and Victoria produced over 4000 foals in 2008. William Inglis is the major sales company in the State. The Inglis Premier Yearling sale is the feature sale held in the 1st week of March annually. Over $25 million worth of yearlings were sold at the Melbourne Premier in 2009.

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Horse Race Handicapping – Excitement You Won't Get in Other Sports

February 12, 2012 By Leave a Comment

If you like solving puzzles, you will probably love handicapping thoroughbred horse races. Although puzzle-solving and horse racing are distinctly different, there is something about each that is similar. It is this: you have to work smartly, carefully and diligently to come up with the right answer.

Fans of crossword puzzles have a healthy passion for completing each puzzle they start. Fans of thoroughbred horse racing are very much like that, too. In fact, men and women who love thoroughbred horse racing are likely to spend hours poring over information about the horses in a race before they make a wagering decision.

That may sound like hard work … especially for something that is, for most folks, a pastime or a hobby. However, ask any committed fan of thoroughbred horse racing and you are likely to get the same answer. It is not hard work at all, simply a “labor of love.”
In fact, it is almost irresistible to those who love the sport. And while “handicapping a baseball game or football game” tends to involve lots of guesswork, handicapping a thoroughbred horse race involves lots of analysis of pure facts about the horses, their jockeys, their owners and trainers, their speed ratings, their pedigree … and much, much more.
There is a reason why thoroughbred horse racing has attracted large numbers of fans for the last one hundred years or more. The sport is compelling, exciting, thrilling … and those who take the time to handicap a thoroughbred horse race’s outcome know how well they have done less than two minutes after the race has begun.

That is how long it takes the horses to thunder around the track – when the race is a mile and a half – less time, of course, when the distance from start to finish is shorter.  And every hoof beat is accompanied by the frenzied screaming of the fans in attendance. It is excitement on a level you have to experience to believe.

Can football make that claim … or baseball … or basketball? The answer is no. And horse racing pits the world’s greatest athletes against one another – magnificent thoroughbred race horses.
I like football, baseball, as well. But, for my money, the greatest sports thrill I can get is watching horses thunder down the stretch in an all-out run to the wire. These horses are pure athletes, equine superstars that perform to the very best of their individual abilities … every time they race.

Handicapping horse races – and uncovering winners – is a real accomplishment. Want proof … visit a thoroughbred race track this week. And see what all the excitement is about.

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Horse Racing in Australia – EzineMark

January 19, 2012 By 1 Comment

Horse racing in Australia is the third most popular spectator sport behind Australian rules football and rugby, with almost 2 million admissions to Australia’s 360 registered racecourses in 2009-10. It’s also a popular betting activity, with $14.3 billion wagered in 2009-10. Bets are placed with bookmakers and the Totalisator Agency Board (TAB).
The most popular forms of Thoroughbred horse racing in Australia are flat racing and hurdle racing. Australia has more racecourses than any other nation, and is second to the United States in the number of horses starting in races each year. Australia comes in third after the United States and Japan in the amount of prize money distributed annually.
The Australian Racing Board administers.  As a whole, the industry employs 250,000 people full-time or part-time. About 300,000 either own or are members of syndicates that own the 30,000 horses training in Australia.
The most popular Thoroughbred horse racing in Australia events are the Melbourne Cup, Victoria Derby, VRC Oaks, Golden Slipper Stakes, Caulfield Cup, and W.S. Cox Plate.
The first horses arrived in Australia with the First Fleet on January 26, 1788, a total of one stallion, one colt, three mares, and two filles from Cape Town, South Africa. In 1797.  Rockingham became the first or one of the first Thoroughbreds imported into Australia, followed in 1802 by the stallion Northumberland, and  Old Hector in 1803. In 1825 Mano became the first General Stud Book horse recorded Thoroughbred mare to arrive in Australia. In 1826 Thoroughbred stallion Peter Fin and mares Cutty Sark and Spaewafe followed.
Early Austrialian horse breeders include Robert Campbell (1769-1846), explorer Lt. William Lawson (1774-1850), wool industry pioneer John Macarthur (1767-1834), John Piper (1773-1851), Dr. D’Arcy Wentworth (1762-1827), and James White (1828-90).
Eventually Australia began exporting champion Thoroughbred stallions to America, including Berborough, Shannon, Sailor’s Guide, and Royal Gem.
Australian jockeys pioneered the crouched riding style independently from American jockeys.
The first official horse race in Australia was held at Hyde Park in Sydney in October 1810. In 1838 the first official horse races were held in Victoria on Batman’s Hill in Melbourne. In 1864 the Victorian Racing Club was formed from the merger of the Victoria Jockey Club and Victoria Turf Club. Victoria is now considered the home of horse racing in Australia.
The Automatic Totalisator came to Australia in 1913, offering parimutuel betting.
One of the top Australian Thoroughbreds of all time was New Zealand-born Phar Lap (1926-32), who died after a sudden mysterious illness, becoming the third highest stakes winner in the world.
The Australian Racing Hall of Fame was officially created in 2000, honoring great champion horses including Ajax, Phar Lap, Northerly, Eurythmic, Sky High, and Rising Fast, champion jockeys including Darby Munro, George Moore, Bobby Lewis, and Billy Cook, and champion trainers including Bart Cummings, James Scobie, and Tommy Smith.

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Lee Lane-Edgar has 234 articles online

 

An ardent fan of horse racing for years, I am extremely passionate about writing articles on adventurous topics on the lines of new developments in sports, online games as well as other fields. You can find articles regarding Horse racing industries and interesting facts about the understanding of online horse racing games. To know more about horse racing games online and related information log on to www.horseracegame.com.

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