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🔒 🔒 Cost-cutting pays as leaner Tabcorp delivers more bang for same buck
Tabcorp has delivered significantly higher earnings from almost unchanged revenue, as cost-cutting measures and operational improvements continue to underpin the company’s turnaround, and sports wagering continues to take share from racing.
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Coroner urges regulatory changes after Gulgong trackwork tragedy
A NSW coroner has determined that while there was no fault attributable to either trainer Brett Thompson or regulator Racing NSW in the death of trackwork rider Marina Morel, there was cause for a review of the process surrounding the return to racing for injured horses.
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Straight Talk – Wagering reform, bloodstock booms and Michael Guerin on NZ racing’s moment at the crossroads
This week on Straight Talk, Australia gets its wagering reforms, Tony Santic looks to a change of pace, a boom in yearling prices in Europe, plus a feature interview with New Zealand journalist and broadcaster Michael Guerin.
Watch: The Straight Explains – Wagering advertising law changes
In the latest The Straight Explains, Bren O’Brien breaks down Australia’s landmark gambling advertising reforms, which are expected to become law this week.
🔒 🔒 A Geelong-term view: Victorian club targets land-use strategy for bold racecourse property improvements
Geelong Racing Club is aiming to transform an underused part of its racecourse into a potential source of long-term funding, while delivering new sporting, residential and community opportunities for Victoria’s second-biggest city.
Straight Talk – RQ’s CEO search, a hot US bloodstock market, Sam Pritchard-Gordon on Cornerstone Stud, plus the latest on wagering reform
This week on Straight Talk, Racing Queensland’s CEO search, Western Australia’s funding review, a buoyant global bloodstock market, ownership and stud changes and gambling reform momentum.



















