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Luther grounded for Golden Eagle - Fellowes’ Frankel colt won’t make trip to Australia
English trainer Charlie Fellowes’ hopes of making a return to Australian racing this season have been curtailed with high-class colt Luther sidelined due to injury.
'A crazy ride to the moon.' - Yolo bids farewell to the grey market and aims to take crypto betting into the regulated market
The Yolo Group has confirmed that it will shutter its global Sportsbet.io and Bitcasino.io brands and focus on a single regulated Yolo crypto casino brand.
Coolmore mourns Wootton Bassett
Wootton Bassett, the £46,000 yearling turned $100 million stallion has died at Coolmore Australia after a bout of pneumonia forced veterinarians to euthanise the brilliant son of Iffraaj.
ATC promises strong response to solvency qualms raised by Racing NSW
The Australian Turf Club has written to its members, stating that the embattled club does not accept several of the criticisms raised by Racing NSW regarding its finances ahead of a reply to a show-cause notice.
Clubs' card marked? Racing NSW turns up heat on the ATC
The brutal way in which Racing NSW chair Saranne Cooke exposed the failing business model of the Australian Turf Club poses broader questions about the future role of race clubs in Australian racing, writes Bren O’Brien.
Run The Numbers – The beauty of the blue hen
The use of the term blue hen to describe an influential mare on the pedigree page can be somewhat cavalier in modern bloodstock reporting and analysis. But the stats don’t lie when it comes to two key maternal ancestors in the damlines of Saturday’s two Group 1 winners at Caulfield.
‘Significant doubts about its ability to survive’ - Cooke turns blowtorch on ATC's financial future
Racing NSW chair Dr Saranne Cooke has laid bare what she claims is a bleak financial outlook for the Australian Turf Club in justifying why the regulator issued a show cause notice as to why the ATC shouldn’t be placed into the hands of an administrator.