Bren O'Brien
Total 692 Posts
VRC posts $24.2 million loss despite record membership levels
The Victoria Racing Club’s financial woes have worsened with confirmation that it lost $24.2 million last financial year as rising costs took their toll at Flemington.
A $78 million hole – Wagering slump and funding changes smash PRAs’ bottom lines
Australia’s state-based Principal Racing Authorities are searching for ways to cut costs and lift wagering revenues after recording $77.6 million in collective losses in the past financial year.
Run The Numbers – Breeze-up revival as two-year-old market hits new heights
A 34 per cent lift in Australian investment has powered the Australasian breeze-up market to a record season. Run The Numbers breaks down the data from the three sales held over the past five weeks.
Gambling ad reform delay set to be centre stage in federal election year
The prospect of long-awaited reforms to gambling advertising being centre stage in a 2025 federal election campaign has become very real after the Labor government kicked the issue into the next sitting of parliament.
Winx welcomes healthy Snitzel colt
Champion mare Winx has foaled a colt by Snitzel on Monday, with both the mare and her new arrival reported to be healthy.
Heidi Lester to head up Tasracing's new integrity operations
Heidi Lester has been appointed Tasracing’s new Chief Racing Integrity Officer, working under a new integrity system to be rolled out on February 1.
Railway glory for Neasham and Archibald as Johnston-Porter breaks his Group 1 duck
Port Lockroy has delivered a first Group 1 win for jockey Clint Johnson-Porter and a second for the training partnership of Annabel Neasham and Rob Archibald, with a comfortable victory in the G1 Railway Stakes at Ascot.