‘Devastated’ – King Island calls off 2025/26 racing season amid trainer and horse shortage

King Island Racing Club president Audrey Hamer has confirmed the decision had been made to abandon the Tasmanian club's upcoming season.

Ears to a profitable spring - McGaw flies flag for husband-and-wife training team

Unbeaten McGaw will be a headline act for Emma-Lee and David Browne on Memsie Stakes day but there will be no shortage of supporting talent stepping out for the co-trainers.

Waller wins NSW racing’s highest honour for 14th time

Chris Waller now has two more Bart Cummings Medals than his legendary fellow trainer has Melbourne Cups, with Waller again honoured as New South Wales racing’s biggest achiever.

Northam exposure - Mistaken identity as four-year-old wins three-year-old race

A case of mistaken identity and a bungle by stewards saw four-year-old Urquhart’s Bluff declared the winner of a three-year-old maiden under the name of his stablemate El Alamein.

‘Does it matter if they're not a Group 1?’ - Scott dismisses Pattern fears as semantics

Ex-Racing Queensland chief executive Jason Scott doesn’t believe a new Australian black-type Pattern will be instituted in the short term, but even if it was he doesn’t believe it would be the disaster that many have predicted.

BetMakers hails pivotal result

Wagering technology company BetMakers jumped into growth mode in the 2024/25 financial year with lifts in revenue, gross margin and an adjusted EBITDA of $4.6 million.

Treasurethe Moment attracts early support for Memsie return

Treasurethe Moment, a standout filly during her spring and autumn campaigns as a three-year-old, has been strongly supported to open her weight-for-age account in a seasonal debut.
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