Bren O'Brien

The brutal way in which Racing NSW chair Saranne Cooke exposed the failing business model of the Australian Turf Club poses broader questions about the future role of race clubs in Australian racing, writes Bren O’Brien.

The use of the term blue hen to describe an influential mare on the pedigree page can be somewhat cavalier in modern bloodstock reporting and analysis. But the stats don’t lie when it comes to two key maternal ancestors in the damlines of Saturday’s two Group 1 winners at Caulfield.

Tasracing has confirmed a thoroughbred steward was stood down ahead of a meeting at Devonport at the weekend.

Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott have put forward a strong hand for the early Sydney two-year-old features, winning six of the nine trials at Randwick on Monday, including the fastest heats for both the fillies and colts.

The scoreboard may not be in betr’s favour but Matthew Tripp insists the publicly listed bookmaker remains in the fight for PointsBet, saying his company’s conviction in its investment remains undiminished.

South Australia has its second new racing minister in the space of nine months with a cabinet reshuffle seeing Rhiannon Pearce now appointed to the key role.

Former Head Of Commercial at Racing Queensland, Jeremy Dailhou, has linked up with his old boss Jason Scott and joined The Booki Group as Chief Financial Officer.