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Comment: The one thing racing must fix to secure its future

Plenty of initiatives are proposed to boost the sport of horse racing. None of them, not one, will secure racing’s financial future unless we address the only thing that truly sustains the industry: wagering turnover.

Racing’s data and demographic challenge

One of the key arguments made by the Australian Turf Club in its pitch to members to sell Rosehill is that racing’s popularity is on the decline. But the varying data on this crucial point reveals a much broader challenge for the racing industry.

ATC's $57 million carrot for members to support Rosehill sale

ATC members will receive free membership for five years and up to $1000 a year to spend at the races as part of a huge incentive push for the Australian Turf Club to secure the approval of the sale of Rosehill racecourse.

Pardi time as ‘sophisticated investors’ pounce on top-priced foal

Records continued to tumble on the closing day of the Inglis Australian Weanling Sale with a Too Darn Hot colt selling for $775,000.

Ugly duckling becomes central to ATC selling its golden goose

Unloved and unvarnished for 25 years, Warwick Farm, under the gun from the very start of Peter V’landys’ tenure in charge of Racing New South Wales, has remarkably emerged as the possible saviour of the Australian Turf Club’s plan to sell Rosehill.

Run The Numbers – Blue blitz – How Godolphin conquered the world

While Godolphin’s Australian operation is undergoing a period of change, globally it was one of the most significant weekends in the Blue Army’s long history, including a long-awaited Kentucky Derby victory. Run The Numbers charts Godolphin’s extraordinary Group 1 record.

Crabtree stays the distance with filly, paying a record Australian Weanling Sale price

Robert Crabtree may have completed the sale of his Dorrington Farm but giving up a filly he bred before being sold in unison with Noorilim Park wasn’t an option at the Inglis Australian Weanling Sale.
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