Racing Industry
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The latest news, features and analysis on the industry which runs racing.
All-Star future remains unclear as Racing Victoria releases 2024/25 race dates
The All-Star Mile is without a home yet for 2025, while the number of Victorian race meetings scheduled next season has been reduced, with seven Thursday afternoon meetings cut.
“That's what makes this one special – 2570 owners” - A micro solution to racing’s macro problem
In becoming the oldest trainer to win a United States Triple Crown race, D Wayne Lukas, a legendary figure of American racing, has put one of the more modern innovations in racehorse ownership in the spotlight.
Ms Represent – Cup fairytale fuels female jockey boom
The wave of success from Australia’s female jockeys, including Saturday’s clean sweep of all races at Morphettville, owes much to the hard-won gains of those trailblazers who came before, writes Matt Stewart.
‘It's been a long shift’ - Absent Moody places friendship ahead of Doomben double date
When I Wish I Win and Chain Of Lightning line-up in the Doomben 10,000, co-trainer Peter Moody and the owners of the two Group 1 stars, the Chitticks and the Ramseys, will be on the other side of the Tasman Sea.
Inquiry could delay Rosehill plans but ATC ‘happy to cooperate’
The Australian Turf Club has said it will fully cooperate with a parliamentary inquiry into its proposed sale of Rosehill, which threatens to push back the timeline of the $5 billion proposal.
Shifting the balance - Mares’ hot streak puts spotlight on weight allowance
Australia’s sprinting ranks are in the midst of a domination that revives an age-old argument in the modern-day landscape of racing.
‘A multi-billion dollar proposition should not be drawn up on the back of a napkin’ – NSW parliament to hold inquiry into Rosehill
The Rosehill sale process and the operations of the Australian Turf Club and Racing NSW are set to be scrutinised after the NSW Legislative Council established a parliamentary inquiry.