As yearling sales season approaches, the Federation of Bloodstock Agents Australia warn unapproved changes to black type races could undermine the credibility of the Australian thoroughbred industry.    The Federation of Bloodstock Agents Australia (FBAA) is writing to address a matter that impacts the foundation of our industry’s credibility and success: the stagnation of the Australian... Read More

Gosford’s The Coast elevated to Listed status as the list of Racing NSW’s independently upgraded races grows to 16 Prominent breeding industry figures from both sides of the Tasman directly affected by NSW’s ongoing black type debacle have called for an urgent resolution as the issue lurches further towards crisis. It comes as another NSW... Read More

A new pathway for young people to enter the thoroughbred industry has been established with Thoroughbred Breeders Australia (TBA) announcing the launch of a graduate program.  The scheme will give university leavers the opportunity to learn from some of the biggest names associated with racing, breeding and wagering. Those accepted on to the course will... Read More

Colin McKenna, the self-made meat processing billionaire, who also built a racing empire from Victoria’s western districts, died on Sunday after a short battle with illness. McKenna’s meat processing company, The Midfield Group, which he founded, advised of his death, aged 74. “It is with heavy hearts the McKenna family wishes to advise our founder,... Read More

Black type status for New South Wales’s list of 12 races supposedly given recent upgrades – including the four already run – have no recognition internationally, it has been confirmed, as the chaos surrounding Australia’s grade pattern continues. It comes as the influential Society of International Thoroughbred Auctioneers (SITA) expressed its severe disappointment that Australia... Read More