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Shake-up for Queensland wagering taxation
POC tax increased to Australia-high 20 per cent to help fund state’s racing industry The Queensland government has undertaken the biggest shake-up of wagering taxation in decades, axing the myriad of separate agreements it had in place, and instead simplifying the racing industry’s major revenue stream by making betting companies all pay the same rate... Read More
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Gold Standard to stand at Widden after Thompson reaches 11th hour deal
Widden has swooped on young stallion Gold Standard, a son of the stud’s late Golden Slipper-winning sire Sebring (More Than Ready), staving off competition from a number of rival farms, to ensure the Group 2 winner remains in Victoria. Already the sire of Western Australian stakes winner and Brisbane-placed first crop juvenile Sheeza Belter, the... Read More
Stage set for Australasia’s star mares to shine at the Gold Coast
Tofane and Away Game the headline acts courted by international buying cast at Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale Optimism is high among traders that the booming Australian thoroughbred market will maintain the rage at the Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale on the Gold Coast, when some of the country’s best breeding prospects will go under... Read More
Stage set for star mares to shine at the Gold Coast
Tofane and Away Game the headline acts courted by international buying cast at Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale Optimism is high among traders that the booming Australian thoroughbred market will maintain the rage at the Magic Millions National Broodmare Sale on the Gold Coast, when some of the country’s best breeding prospects will go under... Read More
Standout fillies to hold court at Magic Millions weanling sale
Daughters of boom sires with big pedigrees set to shine on the Gold Coast as buyers and vendors gather for National series Headline fillies could hold their own at the top end of the market at this week’s Magic Millions National Weanling Sale, which gets underway at 10am tomorrow on the Gold Coast. Colts are... Read More
Last chance for buyers to snap up top-quality weanlings as Inglis unveils Great Southern catalogue
Mares in foal to Kingman, Toronado and So You Think also set to go under the hammer next at Oaklands month Offspring of Australia’s hottest sires including Snitzel (Redoute’s Choice), I Am Invincible (Invincible Spirit) and Written Tycoon (Iglesia) headline a sparkling catalogue of 377 weanlings at next month’s Inglis Great Southern Sale at Oaklands.... Read More