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🔒 🔒 Cost-conscious Racing Victoria returns to surplus despite 2.8 per cent turnover drop
A $21.4 million reduction in costs over the past two years has seen Racing Victoria return to $773,000 surplus, the first positive financial result since Aaron Morrison assumed the role of chief executive in 2024.
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🔒 🔒 Post-spring power struggle looms as Kanga upends the VRC’s best-laid plans
The Victoria Racing Club’s plans for a smooth board transition have been upended by John Kanga’s entry into its member election, but is the pending political drama at Flemington a sign of a broader struggle for influence in the Victorian industry?
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🔒 🔒 The world in one pool – from New Caledonia to Alderney
World Pool has created an international wagering network, but while racing clubs welcome the financial benefits, Australian punters remain divided over its unpredictable dividends.
🔒 🔒 Offshore adventures – Five Australian wagering brands that went abroad and how their overseas bets paid off
Centrebet, Tabcorp’s Sun Bets, PointsBet, BlueBet’s ClutchBet and Dabble each took an Australian betting business overseas by a different route. Their outcomes range from a takeover to costly closures, depending on the market they chose, the competition and the capital required.
🔒 🔒 Tempted’s Champions Sprint assignment comes with global ambitions
Tempted has already beaten the world’s best sprinter, but her performance in the Champions Sprint at Flemington will help determine whether the mare, rated among the best Godolphin has produced in Australia, is destined for overseas challenges.
Straight Talk – A review of an historic Melbourne Cup feat. Will Bourne, plus off-track drama and stallions minted
This week, we dissect a history-making Melbourne Cup. chat to bloodstock agent Will Bourne about sourcing the future Cup winner from King Charles, examine the fallout from Cup week in the stewards’ room, and discuss Frankel’s growing Cup influence and the wagering headlines.
