Bren O'Brien

Tasracing has confirmed a thoroughbred steward was stood down ahead of a meeting at Devonport at the weekend.

Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott have put forward a strong hand for the early Sydney two-year-old features, winning six of the nine trials at Randwick on Monday, including the fastest heats for both the fillies and colts.

The scoreboard may not be in betr’s favour but Matthew Tripp insists the publicly listed bookmaker remains in the fight for PointsBet, saying his company’s conviction in its investment remains undiminished.

The Australian Turf Club faces a fight for its independence with Racing NSW issuing a show cause notice on Friday in the wake of two directors resigning and the sacking of its chief executive.

South Australia has its second new racing minister in the space of nine months with a cabinet reshuffle seeing Rhiannon Pearce now appointed to the key role.

Twelve months into his tenure as Godolphin Australia managing director, Andy Makiv says the success of the local arm of the global powerhouse rides on the back of Darley’s revitalised stallion roster.

Former Head Of Commercial at Racing Queensland, Jeremy Dailhou, has linked up with his old boss Jason Scott and joined The Booki Group as Chief Financial Officer.