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New Champions Day headlines prize-money increases in Victoria

Total stakes on offer to surpass $300 million for first time, while new Vobis Sire scheme is introduced Racing Victoria has made its latest move to future-proof the Spring Carnival with a series of prize-money increases and the creation of a VRC Champions Day with prize-money totalling $10 million, which will take place on the... Read More

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

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