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The latest news from The Straight.
Massive boom in illegal online gambling in the UK
A new study has found that illegal gambling in the UK has grown by 345 per cent since 2022 and now controls nine per cent of Great Britain’s £8.2 billion online gambling marketplace.
It runs in the family - a horses-for-courses clue to the Moir Stakes
Midwest is one of the outsiders in the Moir Stakes, but a rich family history with Moonee Valley promises to carry him a long way in the Group 1 sprint.
Written In The Stars - Years of dedication and a Strand of fortune
Amid the dust and the sun of Australia's racetracks and sales grounds, Sharon Lee Chapman is always looking for her next great photo. In the next instalment of Written In The Stars, the award-winning photographer talks to Jessica Owers about life behind the lens.
Separate paths, same destination for Yulong’s Cox Plate-bound mares
Thoroughbred superpower Yulong has given the bottle green light for Via Sistina and Treasurethe Moment to contest the Cox Plate in what will be the first meeting between the two glamour mares of Australian racing.
Home Affairs leads numbers of named juveniles
Four weeks out from the first two-year-old stakes races of the season and Coolmore’s Home Affairs leads the first-season stallions when it comes to the number of his juvenile progeny currently named.
A thousand miles away - King Island to Birdsville via Betoota
Three brothers have embarked on an epic road trip with their horses to this week’s Birdsville races, ticking off a bucket-list item. The lesson from their own hometown is that you can never take for granted racing will be there forever.
Randwick one day, Kentucky the next - Widdup takes flight to Keeneland with Mulberry’s backing
Brad Widdup has become more than just the trainer for Mike Gregg’s Mulberry Racing, with the Hawkesbury-based horseman set to attend next week’s Keeneland September Yearling Sale to assist the Sydney owner in the expansion of his American interests.