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'The tall are getting taller and the small are getting smaller' - The changing state of Australia’s stallion farms
The number of farms willing to take on the risk and challenge of standing stallions is on the decline. Matt Stewart looks at the situation in Victoria, where a couple of studs are trying to buck the trend.
Too Darn valuable - Darley's Hot young stallion won’t shuttle in 2024
Australia’s champion first-season sire in waiting, Too Darn Hot, will not be shuttling to Australia this season, Darley has confirmed.
Run The Numbers - Winners to runners - Making an Impact
Only seven sires with more than 50 winners have a higher strike rate than 50 per cent when it comes to winners to runners in Australia, with one-time Japanese shuttle stallion Real Impact leading the way.
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.
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.
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.