Racing Industry
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The latest news, features and analysis on the industry which runs racing.
Cups compression - Hegan's headache over uncertain topweights
Irish stayer Vauban is a likely Melbourne Cup topweight at acceptance time with 55.5kg following the release of handicaps for the $8.5 million race.
Triple G1 winner Riff Rocket loses battle with colic
Prominent owner-breeders Debbie and Paul Kepitis and trainer Chris Waller are mourning the shock loss of their star four-year-old middle-distance gelding Riff Rocket who suffered a fatal bout of colic.
Tasmanian POCT shortfalls set scene for challenging times
A drop in Point Of Consumption revenue in Tasmania has put the spotlight on funding as the clock ticks on a crucial government funding deed.
Rosehill parliamentary inquiry – The five major talking points
With the public hearings now completed, Bren O’Brien examines the five main points to emerge from the Parliamentary Select Committee On The Proposal To Develop Rosehill, and examines where it goes from here.
Run The Numbers – Brightside builds for the third generation
With a seventh Group 1 victory for himself and 217th for the Hayes family, Mr Brightside belongs among the greatest horses Lindsay Park has trained, but it is what he is doing for the career for the Hayes brothers which is of the most significance.
Spring-loaded: OTI Racing team shifts gears for Group 1 targets
Warmonger, an equal favourite to win the Caulfield Cup, will be given his first taste of weight-for-age racing when he resumes off a three-year-old campaign that delivered an astonishing Queensland Derby victory.
All the way with PVL - Cooke backs in V’landys as ‘the foremost sporting administrator in the country’
Racing NSW chair Saranne Cooke has fobbed off concerns over the conduct and power of CEO Peter V’landys, saying he had the board’s unanimous support and he remained the best person for the role he has served in for over 20 years.