Racing Victoria pushes back on bookies unfairly banning punters
A surge in complaints that bookmakers are utilising compliance processes to unfairly block or ban winning punters has led one racing authority to caution bookmakers that they may be breaching the law.
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.
ACT’s POCT rise backfires as tax revenue plummets
The Australian Capital Territory’s decision to raise its Point Of Consumption Tax to 25 per cent appears to have backfired, with the annual revenue created by the tax less than when the rate was at 20 per cent last financial year.
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.
Sires’ shift gears South Australia towards spring
One of South Australia’s key two-year-old races has found itself a place at the end of the racing season, with the Group 3 SAJC Sires’ Produce Stakes to be the final juvenile stakes race of 2023/24.
What is the status of the sale of Rosehill racecourse?
Six months on from the shock announcement that the Australian Turf Club is considering selling Rosehill racecourse, The Straight has examined the project's status, what we know, and what we don’t know.