Tim Rowe
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Picnics play - Home of iconic bush meeting on Racing NSW's radar
The iconic Ardlethan picnic meeting won’t be run at its traditional venue in 2025 but Racing NSW is considering stepping in to ensure the races will be held at their spiritual home again in the future.
Rowe on Monday - Yarradale planning for the future, hard work pays off for Upper Bloodstock and Devil Night to move Yulong needle
In this week's Rowe on Monday, Tim Rowe checks out the future plans for Yarradale Stud in Western Australia, taps into the Upper Bloodstock business model and recalls the moment Yulong paid $1.4 million for Blue Diamond winner Devil Night.
'We are our own country, we make our own rules' - WA industry thriving in isolation
The vibrancy of Western Australian bloodstock remains undiminished, but competing for the best yearlings is becoming a bigger challenge for WA’s leading trainers.
'A slight adjustment' - Ciaron Maher Racing cuts jobs, sharpens focus on NSW
EXCLUSIVE: A restructure at the stables of leading trainer Ciaron Maher has resulted in a reduction of the number of staff and could result in a greater focus on New South Wales as it eyes a Randwick base.
‘It happens here at Yulong’ - Upper Bloodstock's Capital return
A buyer with an insatiable appetite for potential stars and owners with a reputation for trading met in a transaction believed to be worth around $4 million which will see promising three-year-old colt Angel Capital step out in the jade green of Yulong in next week’s Australian Guineas.
Rowe on Monday - Prominent WA breeders go it alone for Magic Millions, Argentinian interest in Shaggy's sire
In this week's Rowe on Monday, Tim Rowe examines a different Magic Millions strategy for three West Australian studs, while he reveals how Kooringal Stud resident Sandbar, the sire of Randwick winner Shaggy, found his way to the Riverina farm.
Shifting sands: Phoenix void filled by Brookdale Racing
Phoenix Thoroughbreds, the successful but controversial breeding and racing empire run by Amer Abdulaziz, is winding up its Australian thoroughbred interests, with another Bahraini-backed operation, Brookdale Racing, stepping in to take its place.