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The average prizemoney for an Australian horse race has surged past $50,000 for the first time, with a $1 million-plus race to be contested every four days on average across 2024.

The emerging influence of Yulong and the burgeoning strength of Victoria’s stallion offering is front and centre in the Inglis Premier catalogue

When stallion offers for promising colt I Am Unstoppable started flowing in August, exactly whose name came up on the phone of bloodstock agent and part-owner Mathew Becker mattered.

A ‘once-in-a-century’ opportunity to inject nearly $5 billion of funds into the future of the racing industry proved irresistible to the Australian Turf Club, even though it means the closure of Rosehill racecourse after 150 years.

In five or so years, Rosehill Racecourse will be no more with this week’s announcement that the New South Wales government is buying the site for redevelopment.

The proposed closure and sell off of Rosehill racecourse has created plenty of queries and The Straight has gone through the key questions it has raised and, where possible, the key answers to those questions.

Key players have their say on proposed loss of Rosehill racecourse.