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Contenders emerge as 2024 Stud And Stable Staff Awards shortlist announced
A host of employees from some of Australia’s biggest farms and racing yards feature among the nominees for the prestigious 2024 Stud And Stable Staff Awards, the shortlists for which were announced yesterday. The individuals have been carefully selected by the shortlisting committee for their outstanding contributions and commitment to excellence within the thoroughbred industry.... Read More
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V’landys set for another stint as ARLC chair
Racing NSW chief executive Peter V’landys is poised to take up another three-year term as chair of the Australian Rugby League Commission (ARLC), a role he has conducted simultaneously since 2019. The looming re-election, made public by his ARLC predecessor Peter Beattie yesterday ahead of today’s ARLC annual general meeting, comes as V’landys chalks up... Read More
Nine awarded Melbourne Cup broadcast rights
The Victoria Racing Club’s four-day Melbourne Cup carnival will be broadcast on Channel Nine. In a deal which again saw the custodian of Flemington turn its back on rival network Channel 7, which broadcasts racing every Saturday throughout the year but pulled out of the tender process last year, the VRC and Tabcorp have signed... Read More
“I don’t see sense in closing any racecourse”
Leading trainers lambast ATC’s plans to close Rosehill by the end of the decade Senior Rosehill trainer Gerald Ryan has added his stern opposition to the ATC’s proposal to sell the track to raise money through property development and said the plan was still potholed with far more questions than answers. After withering attacks on... Read More
Fast Track applications are open!
A new wave of young horse lovers will begin their journey into the breeding industry from today when Thoroughbred Breeders Australia (TBA) opens applications for the latest intake in its Fast Track training program. Now in its seventh year, Fast Track has proven a successful pathway into thoroughbreds – and a much valued response to... Read More
Vale David Benjamin
The New Zealand breeding industry lost one its best marketers as well as a genuine character with the passing of David Benjamin on Friday. Benjamin had been battling illness for some time. Buzz Williams went to school with Benjamin and paid tribute to him: “I was a couple of years ahead of David at Wanganui... Read More