Bren O'Brien
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Tributes flow after Cup champion Verry Elleegant dies in Ireland
Verry Elleegant, the 2021 Melbourne Cup winner, has died in Ireland due to complications while having her first foal.
Run The Numbers - Precocity pride of place in Capitalist’s two-year-olds
With two juvenile stakes winners in as many weeks, Capitalist’s two-year-old statistics exceed those of Australia’s top two sires of the past decade at the same point in their careers.
Timing is everything on more than one front as Waller juggles racing's issues and autumn expectations
Chris Waller has put racing's politics to the side for a moment and it was business as usual with important winners at Randwick and Flemington.
MRC vote blindsides Sandown campaigners
The Melbourne Racing Club board’s decision to turn its back on a partial sale of Sandown has been met with surprise by an action group that wants to retain thoroughbred racing at the track.
Run The Numbers - all the facts and figures from the Inglis Classic Sale
While the Inglis Classic Sale featured its lowest clearance rate in 11 years, the resilience of the middle market was there for all to see in Sydney.
'Give yourself an uppercut' – Chris Waller emphatically steps up against Rosehill closure
Champion trainer Chris Waller has led an extraordinary rebuke of the plans to develop and sell off Rosehill racecourse at a members' forum meeting on Tuesday.
Storm Boy connection rekindles at Classic
The crew behind the success of star two-year-old Storm Boy, Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott and Cunningham Thoroughbreds, have come together to pay $360,000 for the half-brother to another of the stable’s unbeaten juveniles, Shangri La Express.