Industry News

Thoroughbreds go green bananas for unique feed supplement

When Bart Cummings was 81 and still attending auctions, fellow trainer Mark Kavanagh made the papers one day with an admiring line that most people that age wouldn’t buy a green banana let alone a yearling. Funny how a few years later there’s a growing band of trainers seeing the benefits of doing exactly that.... Read More

Flooding fears eased for Warwick Farm, but warnings still in place for Hawkesbury

Industry participants across New South Wales have continued to be affected by severe flooding, as evacuation notices were issued for parts of south west Sydney, including Warwick Farm. Residents were ordered to leave by 3am yesterday morning, however, trainers at the west Sydney racecourse are reported to have emerged largely unscathed from the severe rainfall.... Read More

Have European breeders missed out on these two non-shuttlers?

This article is from the Racing Post’s Good Morning Bloodstock email. Sign up for free to Good Morning Bloodstock here and you’ll be ready to receive Martin Stevens’ daily insight when he returns on February 28 Wouldn’t you know it, two outstanding Australian-bred colts who were supposed to cover mares in Britain and Ireland but... Read More

TBV launch Victorian Breeding Academy

Thoroughbred Breeders Victoria (TBV) yesterday announced the launch of their Victorian Breeding Academy. The academy has been established to try and encourage the next generation into the Victorian thoroughbred industry.  The academy will offer both formal and informal educational courses for those who would like to be involved in the industry and will commence in... Read More

Racing in NSW to benefit from another $25 million prize-money injection

Prize-money throughout New South Wales is set to benefit from a $25 million injection, with Racing NSW chief executive Peter V’Landys revealing yesterday the further raft of initiatives being introduced are part of a big-picture approach as racing looks to shore up its future.   The enormous windfall is set to benefit every level of racing... Read More

Call for applications for latest Fast Track intake – a path for the industry’s future leaders

Kitchwin Hills’ Mick Malone believes graduates of the Australian thoroughbred breeding’s Fast Track program have proven so successful that many of the trainees over the past four years will become leaders of the industry. As Thoroughbred Breeders Australia, the organisation behind the traineeship, calls for applications for the 2022 Fast Track program, Malone cited the... Read More