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V’landys to extend dual rugby league and racing roles
Racing NSW boss Peter V'landys will be re-elected chair of the Australian Rugby League Commission, according to fellow board member Peter Beattie.
How a stalled $4 million project divided New Zealand and Australian racing authorities
A troubled data project has caused a rift between New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing and Racing Australia over a multi-million cost blowout.
Nine wins Melbourne Cup rights fight, but questions remain
Nine might have sewn up the broadcast rights to the Melbourne Cup Carnival for the next six years, but there are still several questions to be resolved over the reported $80 million deal.
'Tough and spirited’ - how Verry Elleegant rose to greatness and rewrote Australian racing history
Bren O’Brien reflects on the numbers behind the incredible racing career of Verry Elleegant, Chris Waller’s champion race mare who has died when foaling in Ireland.
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.