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Straight Talk – Breeze-up market surge feat. Sebastian Hutch, plus Everest, Caulfield Cup and track concerns
In this week’s Straight Talk, we discuss Inglis’ $30 million Ready2Race Sale, the key talking points ahead of Everest and Caulfield Cup week, and what PointsBet and Entain reveal about the pressures facing Australia’s wagering sector, plus a lot more.
Cups glory and breeding ambitions reveal Sneesby’s ‘split racing personality’
Craig Sneesby has three chances to land the Caulfield Cup, but the executive recruitment chief is equally focused on the breeding prospects that may shape his racing future. 
The Hunter tension – How coal and the breeding industry continue to live side by side
Decisions over two key Hunter Valley mining projects in recent weeks have highlighted the uncertainty facing the coal and thoroughbred breeding industries, two pillars of the region’s identity. Warwick Barr examines the history and the future of the relationship between the two.
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Welcome to racing’s biggest stage – Donaldson-Aitken ready for Group 1 bid
Tyler Donaldson-Aitken has built his business around selling horses, but it will be at Caulfield on Saturday, not Inglis’ Riverside Stables next week, where his biggest moment in the industry may come.

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