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🔒 🔒 Tripadvisor’s warning puts racing’s tourism pitch under the microscope
Australian racing has been swept into Tripadvisor’s global animal welfare crackdown, with racetracks carrying warnings that could challenge the sport’s tourism ambitions and raise fresh questions about its public standing.
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From Gold Coast to Kentucky – Keeneland catalogue abounds with Magic Australian flavour
Seven yearlings out of Australian-bred mares are catalogued for the Keeneland September Yearling Sale, which starts on Tuesday (Australian time), while Book 1 features links to Group 1-winning Australian fillies Lady Of Camelot and Qafila as well as two winners of the Magic Millions 2YO Classic.
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🔒 🔒 Tripadvisor’s warning puts racing’s tourism pitch under the microscope
Australian racing has been swept into Tripadvisor’s global animal welfare crackdown, with racetracks carrying warnings that could challenge the sport’s tourism ambitions and raise fresh questions about its public standing.
O’Brien on Monday – Bjorn again with colts play, Aussie mares making their mark overseas and State set to return
With Tim Rowe on leave – Bren O’Brien steps in and discusses Bjorn Baker’s big weekend, a Slipper connection to Keeneland, an Aussie-flavoured feature in Japan, the state of play with State Of Rest and why a breeders’ award in Queensland has prompted calls for change.
🔒 🔒 RWWA review revives WA TAB sale question, but at what price?
Western Australia has tried three times to sell its TAB. A $28.5 million loss, an unresolved AUSTRAC assessment and a review of the wagering business’s outlook make a fourth attempt plausible, but the $1 billion once on the table is long gone.
Straight Talk – The industry’s challenge to keep its people, steps forward in equine welfare and who gets their name on our best races?
This week on Straight Talk, Sam Doran joins Bren O’Brien to talk about industry recruitment and retention, the matter of who is getting Group 1 races named in their honour as well as a view on which first-season sires to look out for and much more.
