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Tabcorp searches for new chief operating officer after Paul Carew resignation

Warwick Barr |
Paul Carew, the chief operating officer at Tabcorp, is leaving the wagering company to join the hospitality firm Endeavour Group.
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Zoustar in rare company after Starlust’s Breeders’ Cup success

Bren O'Brien |
Zoustar has become just the fifth Australian-bred sire to produce a winner of a Breeders’ Cup race, after the victory of Starlust in the Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint at Del Mar.

A Coolmore for Coolmore as Switzerland makes a stallion statement

Bren O'Brien |
Switzerland minted his future as one of Australia’s most valuable stallions with an emphatic win in the Coolmore Stud Stakes as Chris Waller and James McDonald nabbed a Flemington Group 1 double, while it was a South Australian-flavoured Victoria Derby.

‘The rituals are gone’ – Bruce McAvaney laments the Melbourne Cup’s lost lustre

Matt Stewart |
Broadcasting legend Bruce McAvaney still believes the Melbourne Cup is racing’s greatest prize, but believes it no longer stops the nation. Matt Stewart spoke to McAvaney and trainer Richard Freedman about how the Cup has changed.

Fool's Gold? Two more New South Wales races handed black-type status

Tim Rowe |
The Golden Gift for two-year-olds and The Warra at Kembla Grange appear to have been handed Group 3 status with immediate effect for the first time, but the latest changes to the New South Wales Pattern are unlikely to be recognised by international authorities.
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