Having experienced enormous highs and lows of racing as a jockey and a trainer, Chris Munce knows he can rebound from the injury setback to his star colt Cool Archie this week. The feeling is slightly different this time, shared with his children Corey and Caitlin, who are key parts of his training business.
The Australian Turf Club remains under the control of its directors, for now, with a key legal hearing in the NSW Supreme Court adjourned until Friday.
Dr Grace Forbes has resigned as Racing Victoria’s general manager of veterinary services less than a week after it was revealed she had settled a Fair Work case against the principal racing authority.
International intervention designed to break Australia’s long-running stakes race deadlock is expected to result in an expanded black-type programme for Australia, according to Racing Australia chairman Rob Rorrison, who has become the key player in the attempts to resolve the Pattern issue.
Who are the greatest Australian race horses? And what qualifies them for this honour? In this extract from his book The Chosen Few, Andrew Rule discusses the concept of champion and what defines them.
It was hoped the Asian Racing Federation’s intervention would be a circuit-breaker in Australia’s entrenched state-by-state battle over the future direction of the black-type pattern. But Bren O’Brien says it is far from assured that a long-term solution can be found.
The Asian Racing Federation has intervened in Australia’s black type impasse, announcing that its Asian Pattern Committee will temporarily assume control of race status decisions.
Racing NSW has responded to the Australian Turf Club directors’ challenge to its authority to put the club into administration by publicly releasing a damning letter it sent to the ATC advising of its reasons for its actions.
Racing NSW’s attempt to push the Australian Turf Club into administration has been stalled until at least Thursday, with the Supreme Court of NSW preventing the club’s directors being removed until a further hearing.
Racing NSW’s authority to impose administration on the Australian Turf Club will be determined by a Tuesday Supreme Court hearing after it was the subject of a dramatic legal challenge by the directors of the club’s board.
