New Australian Trainers Association president Troy Corstens is taking a collegiate approach to the representative body, declaring he wants the organisation to work with rather than fighting against other factions of the racing industry.

The Victorian trainer, who won the Group 1 Moir Stakes with Baraqiel earlier this month, assumed the presidency of the ATA in July having been Robbie Griffiths’ understudy for the past five years.
The trainer says there was a time when the ATA, and other racing industry groups, were adversarial towards each other and, in particular, principal racing authorities including his home state’s regulator Racing Victoria.
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