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The art of pinhooking is not for the faint hearted, but while increasing costs have made margins for investors even finer, there was still profit to be had in returning horses to the Australasian market in 2025.

The average price of a race filly through public auction in Australia has increased 55.4 per cent in just two years with total investment in mares and fillies bought ‘straight off the track’ now surpassing live auction trade of mares-in-foal. Run The Numbers breaks down this trend.

Tom Reilly’s short tenure as CEO of Melbourne Racing Club has come to a sudden end, with chairman John Kanga announcing his departure on Monday night, four months after Reilly stepped into the role.

Amid the many tributes following Robbie Laing’s sudden death at age 66, one theme ran strong. As Matt Stewart writes, the five-time Group 1-winning trainer, former jockey, farrier, breaker and racing historian was a natural horseman who forged his own unique path.

The sudden death of bloodstock agent Michael Wallace has been felt across the Australasian and global bloodstock and breeding industries.

In today's Straight Shorts, James Cummings to keep training out of Carbine Lodge, Group 3-winning mare Keshi Boom goes to auction, high praise for departing Entain chief executive Dean Shannon and Racing NSW calls for expressions of interest in Warwick Farm stables.

The Gleeson family, breeders of top sprinter Rothfire, are enjoying a different side to the racing industry that could have a Group 1 result in the Queensland Oaks.