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Munz weighs into Eddy’s chair appointment – again

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

Solutions-based Seymour keen to make a data-driven difference

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

Prebble calls time on illustrious career

Melbourne Cup-winning jockey Brett Prebble, who rode with distinction in Hong Kong for more than a decade, has officially called time on his glittering career in the saddle.  Victorian Prebble, who has also won a Caulfield Cup (Gr 1, 2400m) and a Golden Slipper (Gr 1, 1200m), had been based in Sydney at the end... Read More

‘We’ve got quite a lot of really promising horses coming through for next season’

Henderson celebrating OTI’s first century with the promise of more success in the pipeline A glass of early morning champagne on a Greek island might not have been the most expected way to celebrate, but as OTI’s Terry Henderson toasted 100 winners for the season on Saturday, it certainly tasted sweet. Far from any mounting... Read More

Harding snaps up Frankel filly for $525,000 in two-speed market

Rosemont parts with Great Southern’s session topper as buyers stay risk-averse Anthony Mithen experienced the highs and lows of the bruising thoroughbred market on day one of the Inglis Great Southern Sale and he was not alone at Oaklands Junction on Thursday. The Rosemont Stud principal sold the Great Southern Weanling Sale’s day one session... Read More

Socks Nation delivers knockout blow in shock Queensland Oaks win

Daughter of Sioux Nation becomes first elite-level winner for former shuttler as she scores at 100-1 Coolmore’s one-season shuttler Sioux Nation (Scat Daddy) sired his first Group 1 winner worldwide and it came ten thousand miles from his Ireland home, at Eagle Farm in Brisbane, and it started at 100-1. She may even have been... Read More