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🔒 🔒 National tote cleared for takeoff, testing to commence next week
A humble greyhound race at Mt Gambier or a horse race at Warwick could be set to mark history next Thursday as Tabcorp’s testing of a national tote steps up ahead of an anticipated launch of One Pool early next month.
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Racing Australia offers $2500 route to lift late foal declaration embargoes
A one-off Racing Australia measure will allow owners affected by late Foal Ownership Declarations to pay a $2500 fee to lift racing embargoes after an unsuccessful appeal, provided they meet deadlines for lodging the declaration and appeal.
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Straight Talk – A looming leadership shake-up, a way back for Weir, the breeze-up debate and the WA TAB
This week on Straight Talk, Sam Doran and Bren O’Brien discuss the growing uncertainty around racing’s leadership ranks, the sport’s latest animal welfare image challenge, key developments in bloodstock and breeding, and renewed questions over the future ownership of WA TAB.
🔒 🔒 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.
