Bren O'Brien

Damien Oliver, one of Australia's greatest jockeys, will leave many legacies when he retires. Riding some of our best stallions during their racing days is one of them.

The average prizemoney for an Australian horse race has surged past $50,000 for the first time, with a $1 million-plus race to be contested every four days on average across 2024.

The emerging influence of Yulong and the burgeoning strength of Victoria’s stallion offering is front and centre in the Inglis Premier catalogue

It has been a record-breaking start to the Australian season for the current crop of first-season sires.

A ‘once-in-a-century’ opportunity to inject nearly $5 billion of funds into the future of the racing industry proved irresistible to the Australian Turf Club, even though it means the closure of Rosehill racecourse after 150 years.

The proposed closure and sell off of Rosehill racecourse has created plenty of queries and The Straight has gone through the key questions it has raised and, where possible, the key answers to those questions.

This week's 'strategy' meeting in Melbourne has not convinced participants that Racing Victoria will engage with their concerns.