Industry News
Written Tycoon heads Victorian Breeders’ Awards
Written Tycoon (Iglesia), the first Victorian stallion since 1979 to top the Australian Sires Premiership, was awarded the Champion Victorian Sire award at the 2020-21 Victorian Breeders Awards on Wednesday night. The stallion, who x seasons at Woodside Park before relocating to Arrowfield for the 2020 breeding season, now stands at Victoria’s Yulong Investment property... Read More
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Tributes paid after police find body of missing jockey Chris Caserta
The body of jockey Chris Caserta was retrieved from the Gold Coast surf early yesterday, about 36 hours after the former Victorian rider was caught in a Surfers Paradise rip and tragically drowned. Fellow rider Amy Graham, 25, who was with Caserta at the time of the incident which occurred soon after 10pm on Wednesday,... Read More
The Week in Rowe-view
Actions will speak louder than words when it comes to what happens next after the release of The Most Important Participant: A Framework for Thoroughbred Welfare report, a roadmap the industry simply must embrace to ensure racing retains its “social licence” and rightful place as one of the nation’s biggest industries. More on that later,... Read More
Racing industry grieving after suspected drowning of jockey Caserta
Racing industry figures, friends and rivals were last night paying tribute to young jockey Chris Caserta who is thought to have drowned after going for a swim in the Gold Coast surf on Wednesday night. Emergency services personnel switched their search and rescue operation to a retrieval of Caserta’s body mid-afternoon yesterday, as the tragedy... Read More
Esplin takes helm of Thoroughbred Breeders’ NSW
Well-known breeder and Sydney-based solicitor Hamish Esplin has been elected to lead the state’s peak breeding body, Thoroughbred Breeders’ NSW. The Tartan Fields stud owner replaces Kooringal Stud’s Stuart Lamont in the top job while prominent media identity Caroline Searcy will become Esplin’s deputy after serving on the board for 13 years. Esplin, a partner... Read More
Sale of Sefton Park brings curtain down on Buchanan’s 20 years at the helm
After 20 years at the helm of Sefton Park, Colleen Buchanan is going on holiday. On Saturday, her beloved farm, situated just south of Scone off the New England Highway, was auctioned, marking a new stage in her distinguished career in thoroughbred racing and breeding. “First of all, I’m going to have a holiday!” Buchanan... Read More