The ceaseless march of the digital market
Statistics show the burgeoning online market for racehorses is transitioning toward a much more quality-focused offering. The sale of multiple Group winner Daisies (Sebring) on the Inglis Digital platform this week for $920,000 represented the highest price yet in 2023 for an online purchase. The buyer was no surprise. Yulong has led the way in... Read More
Trilogy Racing joins forces with BTX in breeding and selling venture
Five-strong mare portfolio to allow owners to invest in mircroshares of mares whose progeny are destined for auction Victoria’s Blue Gum Farm is offering microshares in a portfolio of broodmares and their expectant offspring after partnering with a relatively new syndication business which is harnessing blockchain technology. Trilogy Racing’s Jason and Mel Stenning and Sean... Read More
Pierre Ng makes it five wins in two Hong Kong meetings with Happy Valley double
Buoyant after a career-best treble at Sha Tin on Sunday, Pierre Ng maintained his impressive momentum with a double at Happy Valley last night to forge to 40 wins for the season in an excellent debut campaign. Solidifying his place in the Hong Kong trainers’ championship top ten, Ng followed Sunday’s three-timer with a pair... Read More
Zoukerette
Zoukerette became I Am Invincible’s latest black type winner in the Listed Tatts Life Member Stakes (1400m) at Eagle Farm on Saturday, sending her sire further clear in quest of his first treble of titles: earnings, winners and stakes winners. The rising 19-year-old won his maiden general sires’ prize last season, but while taking earnings... Read More
‘I was hooked and thought I have got to get a job here. Two years later I was riding him trackwork’
On a cold, dark winter morning at Flemington some 20 years ago, I had my first foray into reporting on trackwork. I was a cadet journalist working on the racing round for the Herald Sun and was sent to fill in for one of the senior writers for the newspaper, Tony Meany. My only instruction... Read More
Banning gambling advertising among 31 wagering reform recommendations
Racing will be exempt from a gambling advertising ban, with spruiking and promotion of betting allowed on dedicated channels and programming under a far-reaching federal government committee plan to rein in Australia’s $50 billion dollar wagering sector. The You Win Some, You Lose More report into the nation’s online gambling industry, which has exploded over... Read More