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Trainer to fight disqualification over Berejiklian Facebook rants
A country trainer has vowed to appeal a three-month disqualification imposed by Racing NSW stewards for a social media tirade he posted about the state’s premier Gladys Berejiklian’s handling of the pandemic. Norm Loy, based at Albury on the NSW-Victoria border, was outed for three months at a stewards’ hearing on Friday, leaving him to... Read More
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TBA: farms must remain vigilant to keep industry going through pandemic
Thoroughbred Breeders Australia (TBA) has urged stud farms and industry participants to be vigilant and have strict Covid-safe protocols in place to ensure the sector is allowed to operate without government intervention as the pandemic encroaches on a second breeding season in a row. Yesterday, the NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian ordered eight local government areas... Read More
Aidan O’Brien is nervous – he knows this horse could fill a Galileo-shaped hole
If you were in the grandstands or betting ring on a humid afternoon at Sandown, you will have heard the occasional burst of Football’s Coming Home or God Save The Queen. If you were Tom Marquand or David Egan entering the closing stages of the Coral-Eclipse, you will have heard a rapid and ominous whoosh. ... Read More
Gold Front Racing and Breeding reaping benefits of state-of-the-art investment
Racing in Western Australia has really started to thrive over recent years. Spearheaded by colossal breeder Bob Peters, as well as the impetus of the breeding scheme Westspeed, racing and sales in the state have seen a steady increase in vibrancy. Others, as well, have invested heavily in the region, not least Sue and Alan... Read More
Lime Country Thoroughbreds with a big move and big plans in the Hunter
In late 2016 New Zealanders Greg and Jo Griffin made the leap across the Tasman and into the Australian breeding and racing industry and, since making the big move, they’ve made a serious impact with their Lime Country Thoroughbreds operation. Originally, they based their business out of Think Big Stud in the NSW Southern Highlands,... Read More
Phoenix rises to Wingham for Gleeson and Gifford
It’s taken Damian Gleeson longer than he thought it would to start redeveloping his new Wingham property, a former dairy farm and lifestyle block currently being transformed into a thoroughbred stud, and longer still to make a permanent move home to his native state of NSW. But the Phoenix Thoroughbred Farm principal, who has been... Read More