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Welcome to this week's edition of Straight Talk with your hosts Bren O'Brien and Warwick Barr, featuring a review of the end of the racing season and in-depth interview with trainer Henry Dwyer.

In mature wagering markets, regulation serves three fundamental purposes: protecting consumers, maintaining market integrity, and generating sustainable tax revenue. In principle, these aims are aligned. In practice, they can come into conflict.

New adventures await Sara Ryan and Nacim Dilmi. But before Ryan hands over the keys to Dilmi at Domeland, they will have time to reflect on how a one-time biochemical engineering student and an aspiring but unsuccessful jockey found themselves on the precipice of big opportunities.

As the 2024/25 racing season runs out the clock, it is time for Run The Numbers’ second annual Australian racing’s most improved awards, where we look at which trainers, jockeys and sires have improved their performance the most on the previous season.

In today's Rowe On Monday, Tim Rowe asks owner-breeder Akram El-Fahkri what's the plan for Asfoora beyond the racetrack, trainer Will Freedman provides an insight into the progeny of some first-season sires and rain-affected meetings bring So You Think into his own.

This week's edition of Straight Talk with Bren O'Brien and Tim Rowe, features an extensive interview with Will Freedman on the financial challenges of horse training and discussions of the ATC's new leadership as well as a host of other topics.

The development of land surrounding Rosehill racecourse remains a priority for the regime at the Australian Turf Club, with new chairman Tim Hale pinpointing it as one of the key issues.