Run The Numbers

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Run The Numbers – Passing trends – Market rejects more yearlings

With the 2024 Australian yearling season now complete, the final stats are in and while averages and aggregates remain historically high, so too does the number of horses sent back to their vendors.

Run The Numbers - The divided state of the Australian broodmare market

With the three major broodmare sales completed, a clear trend has emerged, while race fillies remain more desirable than ever, the market for mares offered in foal is in freefall.

Run The Numbers – From Goodwood to Doomben – Success still flows for Sussex duo Toronado and Too Darn Hot

Two imported sires with more than just alphabetical alignment in common, Too Darn Hot and Toronado, enjoyed marquee days at Doomben on Saturday. They are the focus of this week’s Run The Numbers.

Run The Numbers - Fast starts make for successful stallions

The top four sires in Australia this season all have one thing in common, they had multiple Group 1 winners from their first crops. This week’s Run The Numbers examines the importance of first impressions.

Run The Numbers: Autumn leaves no doubt as to Kah’s elite status

With five Group 1 victories in 11 weeks, Jamie Kah has confirmed herself, once again, among the very best jockeys in Australia. This week’s Run the Numbers dissects her incredible autumn.

Run The Numbers – Service fees have their reckoning

Over 43 per cent of commercial Australian stallions have had their service fees reduced in 2024, the highest percentage since the pandemic-impacted 2020 season. This week’s Run The Numbers charts the downward trend.

Run The Numbers – Autumn proves the time again for rising Sun

The Autumn Sun’s historic trifecta in the Australasian Oaks puts him right in the mix with the two other standout racehorses of his stallion crop, Trapeze Artist and Justify, in the battle for second-season honours.
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