Racing Industry

The Australian Turf Club has revealed the likely site of the fourth Sydney racecourse should it sell Rosehill, with a Memorandum Of Understanding signed to acquire and develop Penrith Golf Club.

Warwick Farm may be the beneficiary of an $800 million upgrade should the proposed sale of Rosehill proceed, but trainers at the south-western Sydney track are concerned about the impact such a dramatic renovation may have on their businesses.

Sue Jaensch's quietly extraordinary racing life is missing only a Group 1 on the mantelpiece, something which could be remedied with her Goodwood wildcard Sir Sway on Saturday. He is just the latest of a string of cheaply bought dream horses over the journey.

Racing NSW will require trainers to provide up-to-date Australian Tax Office Notice Of Assessments and sign a statutory declaration to say they can meet their financial obligations under new licensing rules.

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 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.

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.