Coolmore colt Espionage's spring plans abandoned

Coolmore Australia has put its hopes on recent acquisition Espionage on hold until the autumn after a mishap sent the three-year-old colt for surgery.

Racing Victoria slashes race fields fees in a bid to revive wagering

Faced with wagering on racing falling off a cliff, Racing Victoria has pivoted in its pricing strategy, dropping and simplifying the fees it charges bookmakers to try to push the market back into growth.

Spring-loaded: OTI Racing team shifts gears for Group 1 targets

Warmonger, an equal favourite to win the Caulfield Cup, will be given his first taste of weight-for-age racing when he resumes off a three-year-old campaign that delivered an astonishing Queensland Derby victory.

All the way with PVL - Cooke backs in V’landys as ‘the foremost sporting administrator in the country’

Racing NSW chair Saranne Cooke has fobbed off concerns over the conduct and power of CEO Peter V’landys, saying he had the board’s unanimous support and he remained the best person for the role he has served in for over 20 years.

Brickpit as racetrack venue would be ‘prohibited’: Olympic Park boss

The Rosehill parliamentary inquiry has heard there are significant planning and legislative challenges associated with the idea of building a racecourse at the Brickpit site at Homebush.

New leadership team appointed to Queensland Racing Integrity Commission

A former Paralympics Australia boss will be the new chief of the troubled Queensland Racing Integrity Commission.

A tried and proven approach: How WA’s Gangemi stable got ahead of the game

Before an explosion of interest in tried-horse purchases, the Gangemi family drew up a blueprint to find success with thoroughbreds others didn’t want. Jesse Dart caught up with co-trainer Chris Gangemi to find out how they did it and how the market is driving change.
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