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The vibrancy of Western Australian bloodstock remains undiminished, but competing for the best yearlings is becoming a bigger challenge for WA’s leading trainers.

EXCLUSIVE: A restructure at the stables of leading trainer Ciaron Maher has resulted in a reduction of the number of staff and could result in a greater focus on New South Wales as it eyes a Randwick base.

A buyer with an insatiable appetite for potential stars and owners with a reputation for trading met in a transaction believed to be worth around $4 million which will see promising three-year-old colt Angel Capital step out in the jade green of Yulong in next week’s Australian Guineas.

More than 1200 Australian racehorses will take part in a Racing Australia-commissioned research project which could identify if a key biomarker can be used to predict equine injuries.

Phoenix Thoroughbreds, the successful but controversial breeding and racing empire run by Amer Abdulaziz, is winding up its Australian thoroughbred interests, with another Bahraini-backed operation, Brookdale Racing, stepping in to take its place.

Andy Hoad, Racing Victoria’s latest recruit, helped Entain build an integrated media business from the ground up. But bringing Victoria’s racing media assets together into one functional business is a hill on which plenty of previous executives have faltered.

Blake Shinn has never been busier in his 20-year career in the saddle. Having become the first Australian jockey to reach 100 winners this season, he tells Matt Stewart that he has no plans to slow down.