Bren O'Brien

With a week left until Australian Turf Club members decide the future of Rosehill racecourse, we look at the possible outcomes and what they may mean.

Australia’s biggest corporate bookmakers are eager to have their voices heard during public submissions for the Queensland government’s comprehensive racing review.

Nearly 40 years after she caught the eye of Australian connections at a tried horse sale in Saratoga, Dancing Show’s impact continues to be felt, with maternal descendants Marhoona and Schwarz winning Group 1 races on Saturday. This week’s Run The Numbers charts her influence.

Kim Kelly, the former Chief Stipendiary Steward of the Hong Kong Jockey Club, has been appointed the Deputy Commissioner for the Queensland Racing Integrity Commission (QRIC) on a permanent basis.

Marhoona continued the extraordinary record of both the Freedman family and Emirates Park in the Golden Slipper, with the Snitzel filly becoming the least experienced winner of the world’s richest two-year-old race in 50 years at Rosehill.

A punter‘s bid to recover $40,000 in gambling losses has failed, despite a Northern Territory-licensed bookmaker being found to have breached a term of its licence.

The leading producer of stakes winners in Australia this season as both a sire and a broodmare sire, Arrowfield legend Snitzel and the performance of his daughters are in the spotlight in this week’s Run The Numbers.