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Nick Bawden has been appointed as Racing SA’s new chief executive having served under outgoing CEO Vaughn Lynch for the past two years.

Victoria’s Planning Minister will have the final say on whether Sandown racecourse receives approval to be rezoned for housing, but the Melbourne Racing Club’s John Kanga says a committee’s recommendation doesn’t change his board’s position on the suburban track’s future.

Donna Fisher cried for two days straight when she realised Black Caviar’s end was near. The strapper and the unbeaten mare shared an unbreakable bond during her racing days, a relationship mirrored with champion racehorses and their strappers the world over.

Depending on who you ask, sports betting is either the biggest threat to wagering on racing or it can prove an unlikely saviour to a stumbling commercial model. Bren O’Brien examines how the growth of sports betting has a range of complex implications for the racing industry.

There could be real and meaningful change to the Australian breeding and bloodstock industries in 2025. Tim Rowe looks at what he thinks will be the five biggest stories of next year.

The last two champion first-season sires in Australia have been shuttle stallions. With Wootton Bassett and Lucky Vega posting early two-year-old winners, could this season represent a hat-trick? Is Australia in the midst of a shuttle stallion revival?

In this week's Rowe on Monday, Gandharvi Racing founder Kuldeep Singh Rajput speaks on his plans for 2025, Uncle Mo's legacy lives on after his death in Kentucky, the American plans to re-invigorate the foal crop, and Don Goodwin, the breeder of champion mare Verry Elleegant, is remembered.