Racing Industry
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The latest news, features and analysis on the industry which runs racing.
Decade-long Snowden family training partnership to dissolve
Paul Snowden will step down as co-trainer at Snowden Racing, leaving his father Peter to run the operation alone in the 2024/25 racing season.
A slice of the action - how Australian racing shares its prize money riches
Australian prize money levels are gold standard in world racing and on the eve of the final Group 1 race of the 2023/24 season, we examine who does it best when rewarding the winners of our best races.
Sires’ shift gears South Australia towards spring
One of South Australia’s key two-year-old races has found itself a place at the end of the racing season, with the Group 3 SAJC Sires’ Produce Stakes to be the final juvenile stakes race of 2023/24.
What is the status of the sale of Rosehill racecourse?
Six months on from the shock announcement that the Australian Turf Club is considering selling Rosehill racecourse, The Straight has examined the project's status, what we know, and what we don’t know.
“Shoulder-to-shoulder” - Ladbrokes backs in Tasmanian racing with new sponsorship deal
Global wagering giant Entain will extend its support of Tasmania’s three racing codes after announcing a new five-year sponsorship deal between its Ladbrokes brand and Tasracing.
From King Island to King Charles, Henry Dwyer is a man on a mission
Henry Dwyer has chanced his hand everywhere from the roaring forties to Royal Ascot and deserves every plaudit for his sense of adventure, writes Matt Stewart.
Hirst feelings – Outgoing RV chairman fires one last shot at Munz
Departing Racing Victoria chairman Mike Hirst has fired one last shot at TROA chairman Jonathan Munz, accusing him of “appalling behaviour” while defending the achievements of the RV board in his time a director.