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Run The Numbers – Trainers maketh the stallion

Chris Waller’s influence on the Australian breeding industry extends well beyond just the stallions he has trained himself. This week’s Run The Numbers digs into the number of winners he has prepared by Australia’s top sires.

Tail of the tape - a report card on 2024’s million-dollar yearlings

Forty-two yearlings sold for $1 million or more during the 2024 Australasian sales season. As that crop are about to turn three years of age, The Straight checks out how they have fared so far on the racetrack.

Rowe On Monday - Vieira flying high with Trapeze Artist, Buccleuch boost for Twin Hills sire, more Playing God progeny for Pearce brothers

In this week's Rowe On Monday, Bert Vieira speaks about his unwavering faith in Trapeze Artist, a massiver day for Ollie Tait in both the UK and Australia, and trainers Ben and Daniel Pearce stay solid with Playing God's stock.

Sink or swim - How the next generation of the Hayes dynasty made their own success

When crisis after crisis hit Lindsay Park in 2021, David Hayes was stranded on the other side of the equator. But four years on, he and his sons know that moment has proven the making of their current run of success.

Straight Talk Podcast - Royal Ascot, feat. interview with Darley's Arvin Chadee, Ciaron Maher's Leilani move, Aus' best 2-year-old and Tabcorp's trifecta

In this week's edition of Straight Talk, sponsored by Inglis and Darley, Bren O'Brien and Tim Rowe chat Royal Ascot with Arvin Chadee, debate Australia's best two-year-old and Ciaron Maher's latest move.

Urge to merge wanes, as the court of Kanga is put under the spotlight

Less than four months after meeting to discuss the possibility of a merger, the Victoria Racing Club and the Melbourne Racing Club could not be further apart on the issue. Bren O’Brien ponders whether it was the consolidation of power which spooked the VRC.

Tait vision - The respected industry figure leading Wathnan Racing’s northern hemisphere charge

Australian Olly Tait has been instrumental in the emergence of Qatari outfit Wathnan Racing which could have more than 50 runners at this week’s prestigious Royal Ascot meeting.
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