Warwick Barr

Total 257 Posts

Decade-long Snowden family training partnership to dissolve

Paul Snowden will step down as co-trainer at Snowden Racing, leaving his father Peter to run the operation alone in the 2024/25 racing season.

A slice of the action - how Australian racing shares its prize money riches

Australian prize money levels are gold standard in world racing and on the eve of the final Group 1 race of the 2023/24 season, we examine who does it best when rewarding the winners of our best races.

Betfair hails a better deal for NSW harness punters as fees reduced

Betfair and Harness Racing NSW have reached an agreement to have the betting exchange’s fees on harness racing in the state reduced from 10 per cent to 7 per cent.

“Shoulder-to-shoulder” - Ladbrokes backs in Tasmanian racing with new sponsorship deal

Global wagering giant Entain will extend its support of Tasmania’s three racing codes after announcing a new five-year sponsorship deal between its Ladbrokes brand and Tasracing.

Group 1-winning jockey Jason Benbow takes race club CEO role

Jason Benbow has been appointed as the chief executive of the Stony Creek Racing Club in Victoria.

Tim Eddy to lead Racing Victoria as new chair, McCrohan to serve as deputy

Victorian Racing Minister Anthony Carbines has appointed Tim Eddy as chair of Racing Victoria with Sharon McCrohan announced as deputy.

Deal or no deal - Hickmott has his Eye on winter carnival prize

If the word isn’t already out, Michael Hickmott is a name to watch in the Australian training ranks with an emerging stable that includes Eye Liner Stakes runner Fancify.
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