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A rich history and an uncertain future – Tasmania’s market woes raise difficult questions
Tasmania is getting much better at recognising its vibrant thoroughbred history, but it is its prosperity in the future which is under question after a difficult yearling sale has set breeders on the back foot.
Picnics play - Home of iconic bush meeting on Racing NSW's radar
The iconic Ardlethan picnic meeting won’t be run at its traditional venue in 2025 but Racing NSW is considering stepping in to ensure the races will be held at their spiritual home again in the future.
Run The Numbers – Extreme Choice and the fastest to five
Statistically, Extreme Choice has been at warp speed since the time his first crop hit the track. On Saturday, he became easily the fastest Australasian stallion this century to reach five individual Group 1 winners. Run The Numbers examines his amazing run rate.
National significance – Why a single tote matters so much for Tabcorp and Gillon McLachlan
There may be matters of greater commercial importance to Tabcorp chief executive Gillon McLachlan but there are none so symbolically salient as achieving a national tote pool.
'We are our own country, we make our own rules' - WA industry thriving in isolation
The vibrancy of Western Australian bloodstock remains undiminished, but competing for the best yearlings is becoming a bigger challenge for WA’s leading trainers.
'A slight adjustment' - Ciaron Maher Racing cuts jobs, sharpens focus on NSW
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.
‘It happens here at Yulong’ - Upper Bloodstock's Capital return
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.