This book contains information on thoroughbred horse racing in Australia. You will read about historical racehorses such as, Phar Lap, Steeplechase, and Makybe Diva. This book also contains information on popular thoroughbred racing events such as, the Grand National and the Melbourne Cup. You will learn about how the sport is regulated and which boards control the events. Lastly, you will learn about betting and how it is used in horse racing.Project Webster represents a new publishing paradigm, allowing disparate content sources to be curated into cohesive, relevant, and informative books. To date, this content has been curated from Wikipedia articles and images under Creative Commons licensing, although as Project Webster continues to increase in scope and dimension, more licensed and public domain content is being added. We believe books such as this represent a new and exciting lexicon in the sharing of human knowledge.