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The latest news, features and analysis on the industry which runs racing.
‘Devastated’ – King Island calls off 2025/26 racing season amid trainer and horse shortage
King Island Racing Club president Audrey Hamer has confirmed the decision had been made to abandon the Tasmanian club's upcoming season.
Ears to a profitable spring - McGaw flies flag for husband-and-wife training team
Unbeaten McGaw will be a headline act for Emma-Lee and David Browne on Memsie Stakes day but there will be no shortage of supporting talent stepping out for the co-trainers.
Waller wins NSW racing’s highest honour for 14th time
Chris Waller now has two more Bart Cummings Medals than his legendary fellow trainer has Melbourne Cups, with Waller again honoured as New South Wales racing’s biggest achiever.
Northam exposure - Mistaken identity as four-year-old wins three-year-old race
A case of mistaken identity and a bungle by stewards saw four-year-old Urquhart’s Bluff declared the winner of a three-year-old maiden under the name of his stablemate El Alamein.
‘Does it matter if they're not a Group 1?’ - Scott dismisses Pattern fears as semantics
Ex-Racing Queensland chief executive Jason Scott doesn’t believe a new Australian black-type Pattern will be instituted in the short term, but even if it was he doesn’t believe it would be the disaster that many have predicted.
Trainer backlash forces ATC to review 10 per cent stable rent hike
New Australian Turf Club chair Tim Hale and his fellow board members will review an intended 10 per cent stable rent increase imposed on Sydney trainers after meeting with their NSW representative body.
A chapter closes on the wild west legend of Meningoort
The recent death of Jock McArthur, a former steeplechase jockey, raconteur, and the man behind the infamous and short-lived Meningoort Cup, held special significance for Matt Stewart.