Vinery partner signs on as chief executive of troubled gambling business Powerful Australian thoroughbred industry figure Steve McCann will lead beleaguered casino empire Star Entertainment Group, the company announced to the ASX on Wednesday. McCann, who is a partner in renowned Hunter Valley farms Vinery Stud and chair of neighbouring Kia Ora Stud, will return... Read More

Mills’ private purchase Press Statement mare chasing breakthrough Tiara win Roots (Press Statement) will seek an elusive Group 1 win in the Tattersall’s Tiara (Gr 1, 1400m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday but her appearance in the last elite–level race of the Australian season shouldn’t necessarily be considered her career swansong. The rising six-year-old dual... Read More

BUT ASFOORA’S NOT FOR SALE Offers to buy Royal Ascot-conquering Australian sprinter Asfoora (Flying Artie) have been forthcoming, but the Group 1-winning mare’s owner has revealed they won’t be entertained. Akram El-Fahkri returned to Melbourne on Saturday, just days after witnessing his Henry Dwyer-trained homebred Asfoora land the King Charles III Stakes (Gr 1, 5f)... Read More

Outspoken Racing Victoria (RV) critic Jonathan Munz, the chair of Thoroughbred Racehorse Owners Association (TROA), has doubled down on his dissatisfaction that the state’s peak racing body has appointed Tim Eddy as its new chair.  Tim Rourke and Mark Player were recently appointed to the RV board with Eddy stepping up as chair to replace... Read More

Equate seminar to host an array of speakers from within and outside thoroughbred industry Data is the future of the thoroughbred industry, but that doesn’t mean there won’t be room for intuition in assessing the merits of horses and races. In fact, that immeasurable that has been used by some of racing and breeding’s greatest... Read More