Rosehill

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.

A member decision of the future of Rosehill racecourse has been delayed again, with the Australian Turf Club embarking on a whole new voting process, with an Extraordinary General Meeting to be held on May 27.

While compulsory acquisition of Rosehill racecourse is an option open to the NSW government, Premier Chris Minns has promised to live with the consequences should Australian Turf Club members vote down the proposed sale on April 3.

With a week left until Australian Turf Club members decide the future of Rosehill racecourse, we look at the possible outcomes and what they may mean.

While the Australian Turf Club has sent out its case for its members to vote on the sale of Rosehill racecourse, a host of questions remain unanswered. The Straight asked chairman Peter McGauran many of these in a detailed interview.