Bjorn Baker and Rachel King continued their famed trainer-jockey partnership as Warwoven dominated the Group 1 Golden Rose and announced himself as the best three-year-old in the country.
Three Brisbane Racing Club directors face re-election in October, as the club marks an improved result over the previous financial year.
Australia’s black-type pattern for the current season has been finalised with a Group 1 promotion for the Apollo Stakes, while several staying features, including the Brisbane and Adelaide Cups, were downgraded.
A racing industry reform advocacy group wants the NSW Government’s completed governance review compiled by Brad Hazzard released before Racing NSW defines and fills its soon-to-be-vacant chief executive role.
Mike Saunders will take up the role of interim CEO of Racing and Wagering Western Australia embarking on a handover period with exiting CEO Ian Edwards before holding the acting role until at least July next year.
From his arrival in 2004 to his resignation on Thursday, Peter V’landys transformed NSW racing’s finances and national standing while becoming increasingly embroiled in governance disputes.
Peter V’landys’ time at Racing NSW will officially conclude at the end of November as the long-serving chief executive ends a period that reshaped NSW racing’s funding, prize money and major-race programming.
The timeline for the end of Peter V’landys’ long tenure as chief executive of Racing NSW should become clearer with his appointment as executive chairman of the Australian Rugby League Commission to be ratified this week.
In this week’s O’Brien on Monday, with Tim still on leave, Bren digs into the debate over breeze-up sales prompted by an agent’s opinion piece, reflects on an emotional night for one of Australia’s most successful jockeys, examines Maurice’s strong start to the season and issues a correction he is more than happy to make.
Darley’s first-season stallion Anamoe made an immediate mark on the juvenile scene in the first official trials at Randwick, siring two heat winners, while Bjorn Baker, Michael Freedman and the partnership of Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott shared training honours with two winners apiece.
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