Bren O'Brien

The historical statistics tell us that you have a better chance of sourcing a stakes winner from one of Australia’s two highest-grossing yearling sales than you do from the two biggest weanling sales. But as Run The Numbers reveals, that is not the case with the current crop of two-year-olds.

The Hong Kong Jockey Club conceded an issue with its betting pools late in Sunday’s Sha Tin meeting cost around HK$350 million in turnover, while Australian punters were shut out of betting on commingled pools.

Online and postal voting has closed for Australian Turf Club members ahead of the landmark vote on whether to proceed on a $5 billion sale of Rosehill racecourse.

Predictions of a massive surge in state government revenue from the new Victorian Point of Consumption Tax rate have proven optimistic, with the state budget revealing a $139 million reduction in revenue expectations over the next four years.

A major restructure at Racing Victoria has led to several key departures, among them prominent figures in the on and off-air teams at Racing.com.

The NSW government’s appetite for the risk of paying $5 billion for Rosehill is arguably a more important question than the support of the Australian Turf Club members, writes Bren O’Brien.

It has been 19 years since a champion Australia broodmare sire finished top five in the general sires' title. Fastnet Rock, destined for back-to-back damsire titles and currently sixth on the general table, is seeking to emulate his own sire Danehill as his tremendous legacy continues to build.