Bren O'Brien

Faced with wagering on racing falling off a cliff, Racing Victoria has pivoted in its pricing strategy, dropping and simplifying the fees it charges bookmakers to try to push the market back into growth.

Warmonger, an equal favourite to win the Caulfield Cup, will be given his first taste of weight-for-age racing when he resumes off a three-year-old campaign that delivered an astonishing Queensland Derby victory.

Racing NSW chair Saranne Cooke has fobbed off concerns over the conduct and power of CEO Peter V’landys, saying he had the board’s unanimous support and he remained the best person for the role he has served in for over 20 years.

The Rosehill parliamentary inquiry has heard there are significant planning and legislative challenges associated with the idea of building a racecourse at the Brickpit site at Homebush.

Racing NSW chair Saranne Cooke will appear before a NSW Parliament Select Committee inquiring into the unsolicited proposal process associated with a redevelopment of Rosehill.

Former Nationals MP George Souris was appointed as deputy chairman of Racing NSW in a low-key and largely unpublicised process earlier this year, while his board term was extended beyond 10 years until April 2028.