With Tim Rowe on leave – Bren O’Brien steps in and discusses Bjorn Baker’s big weekend, a Slipper connection to Keeneland, an Aussie-flavoured feature in Japan, the state of play with State Of Rest and why a breeders’ award in Queensland has prompted calls for change.
Western Australia has tried three times to sell its TAB. A $28.5 million loss, an unresolved AUSTRAC assessment and a review of the wagering business's outlook make a fourth attempt plausible, but the $1 billion once on the table is long gone.
Racing NSW and Sky Racing will aim to widen the channel’s audience through new weekly shows, four vodcasts and simulcasts on News24 and Fox Sports News.
Amid a period of major change in the New Zealand racing industry, New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing has set measurable targets for ownership, wagering and public perception while planning infrastructure investment beyond TAB NZ’s current funding guarantee.
Winx, Black Caviar and Makybe Diva have Group 1 races named after them. Phar Lap, Carbine, Tulloch, Bernborough and Kingston Town do not. As Adelaide renames the Goodwood for Bruce McAvaney, the question of how racing commemorates its greats deserves a fresh look, writes Bren O’Brien.
A 1.7 million-strong Australian NFL audience, a Melbourne regular-season game and a Super Bowl-winning punter from Sydney have given bookmakers a new recurring market. So how big is the NFL betting market in Australia?
The Golden Rose’s influence runs deep through this season’s freshman sire ranks, with winners In The Congo and Jacquinot represented by their first two-year-olds, while 2021 runner-up Anamoe enters as the early benchmark for first-season sire honours.
Published and peer-reviewed research which links osteocalcin with lameness in thoroughbreds has moved the industry a step close to a possible biomarker test which could significantly enhance equine welfare.
High-frequency betting on racing remains one of the major compliance and responsible gambling concerns of Australia’s corporate bookmakers, with the issue put on the agenda at a recent industry conference.
Every year passionate and capable professionals leave the racing, breeding and wagering industries because they cannot see a sustainable career ahead of them. Bren O’Brien says this remains one of the most important challenges for these industries to confront.
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