Bren O'Brien

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.

While the Australian Turf Club has sent out its case for its members to vote on the sale of Rosehill racecourse, a host of questions remain unanswered. The Straight asked chairman Peter McGauran many of these in a detailed interview.

There are no guarantees that the NSW government will purchase Rosehill racecourse from the Australian Turf Club for $5 billion, with premier Chris Minns confirming negotiations wouldn’t start until after the ATC vote.

The Australian Turf Club has set its terms and its price for the sale of Rosehill and has told members they risk “more painful choices under less favourable conditions” if they fail to endorse a $5 billion sale directly to the NSW government at next month’s special general meeting.

A Home Affairs filly which lit up the Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale is set to be syndicated by one of Japan’s biggest ownership clubs.