The surge in prediction markets in the United States is having global impacts, with Betfair rolling out its own service in the United Kingdom and other jurisdictions scrambling to play catch-up on regulation. Will Australia be immune to its reach? Bren O’Brien investigates.
Idle Flyer’s victory in the Queen of the Turf Stakes provided her late damsire Street Cry with his fifth Australian Group 1 winner in that role this season, well clear of any other stallion as the remarkable record of the produce of his daughters continues to build.
As the clock ticks down on an amnesty on delayed or disputed foal registrations, Thoroughbred Breeders Australia has urged its members to review breeding records for the past two seasons.
A key strategic document setting out the future strategy of the New South Wales thoroughbred industry has been published by Racing NSW, more than two years since it was initially drafted, and seven years since the previous version was released, despite a legislative requirement for a new version every three years.
The end of Autumn Glow’s winning streak posed as many questions as it answered, Craig Williams went from on his backside to the Group 1 winner’s stall and Matthew Smith crowned another Queen.
Bookmakers faced with stronger advertising restrictions will rely more and more on product differentiation, according to one-time bookie and now industry investor Tom Waterhouse, a trend which will suit the major operators like Sportsbet, Tabcorp and Entain.
Four months after the release of The Next Lap plan for the future of racing in Queensland, racing minister Tim Mander insists progress is already being made on major reforms.
A run of favoured results through the autumn has Australian punters unconvinced by the virtues of the World Pool and with a negative view of parimutuel betting, at a time when Tabcorp is trying to orchestrate a national tote and promote its virtues.
The victories of Joliestar and Sheza Alibi at Randwick on Saturday mean that 14 times this season, a filly or mare has upstaged the colts and geldings in an open-age Group 1 in Australia. Is this dominance becoming more common? Run The Numbers investigates.
James McDonald and Chris Waller’s Group 1 double was completely overshadowed by a brilliant filly, a mare who is now Australia’s best sprinter and Rachel King’s piece of Australian racing history.
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