What does a 50-race Australian Group 1 calendar look like?
Playing devil’s advocate, Bren O’Brien has taken a scalpel to Australia’s feature race program to see what a schedule of 50 Group 1 races might look like.
Run The Numbers – Yulong’s record still being Written
With four stakes winners, including a Group 1 victory, it was a bottle green blitz for Yulong across Australia on Saturday. Recent history suggests that with 29 Australian stakes wins in the past 13 months, it might be a scene we get well used to by the end of the racing season.
What will happen with Australia's black type Pattern?
The Racing Australia board will meet on Tuesday for its September meeting and one of the motions to be debated concerns the proposed implementation of Black Type Guidelines which would formalise the nation’s calendar of stakes races.
Stormbender keeps winners coming for champion first-season sire Ole Kirk
A lightly raced Ole Kirk filly who hails from the family of Australian Racing Hall of Fame mare Emancipation has posted her first career win at Ballarat.
RSN sale completed as SEN takes over
Sports Entertainment Group’s takeover of the former racing industry-owned radio station RSN is now complete, with SENTrack operating across both frequencies from Monday.
Lucy Yeomans up and running in solo training career
Lucy Yeomans is now established in the Cranbourne training ranks as a trainer in her own right with the launch of Victoria’s newest racing stable.
WA gambling regulator welcomes new appointments
The Gaming and Wagering Commission of Western Australia, which regulates the state’s gambling industry, has had its capacity expanded with new appointments.