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The short reign of John Kanga as chairman of the Melbourne Racing Club has come to a dramatic end on the eve of one of the club’s biggest days of the year.

Australian Turf Club chair Tim Hale has laid out some of the organisation’s case why it should not be placed into administration ahead of a show-cause hearing.

Tasracing has locked away a broadcast deal through a crucial next five years, which will include a new funding arrangement with the state government and the end of greyhound racing in the state.

Of all the feature spring battle grounds between Australia’s two biggest racing states, it has been Caulfield Guineas raceday that has worn most of the shrapnel. As Bren O’Brien discusses, Sydney metro prize money on that day has increased by a factor of 11 in the past 20 years.

The Caulfield Guineas is regarded as one of Australia’s most prestigious races for three-year-olds - a Classic that invariably defines a generation of colts. A new generation gets its chance on Saturday.

The headline results kept on rolling at the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale, with another five lots fetching one million guineas or more on day three, but the depth of the market continued to be challenged.

The release of the much-anticipated Queensland Racing Review has been delayed by Racing Minister Tim Mander, just days before he was due to front stakeholders with the plans.