The end of Autumn Glow’s winning streak posed as many questions as it answered, Craig Williams went from on his backside to the Group 1 winner’s stall and Matthew Smith crowned another Queen.
Matthew Smith is chasing a second Queen of the Turf triumph, relying on value-bought talent and patience as he takes on the sport’s powerhouse stables when the stakes are highest.
In the same week that racing minister David Harris praised projects undertaken by the NSW Racing for the Regions initiative as ‘impressive’ and 'remarkable’, the NSW Auditor‑General has condemned the way in which the program has been administered.
Four months after the release of The Next Lap plan for the future of racing in Queensland, racing minister Tim Mander insists progress is already being made on major reforms.
Regional Queensland racing is increasingly relying on its smallest clubs to keep the show on the road as rising fuel costs stretch the pockets of trainers and jockeys.
The man who was set to be appointed administrator of the Australian Turf Club, Morgan Kelly, will now conduct an independent review of the club’s hospitality operations as part of an interim agreement which secured the ATC funding from Racing NSW until a key legal dispute is settled.
The victories of Joliestar and Sheza Alibi at Randwick on Saturday mean that 14 times this season, a filly or mare has upstaged the colts and geldings in an open-age Group 1 in Australia. Is this dominance becoming more common? Run The Numbers investigates.
Over 14 years, Emma Cully has become an indispensable and important part of the success of Star Thoroughbreds - the quiet constant beside Denise Martin. So how did this Irish-born daughter of a national hunt trainer end up in the heartbeat of one of Australia’s leading syndication companies? Jessica Owers finds out.
James McDonald and Chris Waller’s Group 1 double was completely overshadowed by a brilliant filly, a mare who is now Australia’s best sprinter and Rachel King’s piece of Australian racing history.
There are no borders in racing anymore, and Am I Dreaming’s shot at the $1 million Inglis Sires’ sits squarely in that space, shaped by trainer Jack Pilkington and bloodstock agent Jamie Piggott’s international footprint.
