Industry News
Robinson steps up as Magic Millions bloodstock manager
Respected Magic Millions bloodstock manager Clint Donovan will step back from the thoroughbred auction house on a full-time basis after taking up a business opportunity on the Gold Coast, leaving the company’s NSW representative Dane Robinson to step in as his replacement. Donovan will remain as a Magic Millions senior consultant and auctioneer, but he... Read More
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Melbourne Cup Tour open for applications
Applications to become a host venue for the 2021 Lexus Melbourne Cup Tour are open, with the opportunity for a rural or regional Cup Tour community to win $50,000 through the Lexus Melbourne Cup Tour National Sweep initiative. Now in its 19th year in operation, the Tour has travelled to more than 530 destinations across... Read More
Woodside Park Refines its Direction in Victoria
Earlier this month it was announced that James Price would be leaving his role as CEO of Woodside Park Stud at the end of the financial year as part of a major restructure at the leading Victorian farm that will see them them vacate their traditional base at Tylden which is home to stallions Tosen... Read More
NSW trainer’s three-year disqualification over horse deaths stood aside
Leading Southern NSW trainer Trevor Sutherland has had a three-year disqualification thrown out by the Racing NSW Appeal Panel relating to the euthanasia of two retired racehorses he had re-homed to a third party prior to their death. Wagga-based Sutherland was yesterday in the process of re-applying for his trainer’s licence after the appeal victory... Read More
Murrulla Stud’s Tim Nolan has penalty reduced to 11 months on appeal over horse deaths
Hunter Valley nursery Murrulla Stud has been granted permission to continue to trade bloodstock, but its principal Tim Nolan will not be allowed to attend thoroughbred sales for the next 11 months after the NSW racing appeal panel yesterday handed down its decision relating to the death of two horses last year. Nolan was disqualified... Read More
Sky’s the limit for outstanding Aegon
New Zealanders made their presence felt across the Tasman on Saturday with the superb winning performance by Probabeel (Savabeel) the Futurity Stakes (Gr 1, 1400m) while most impressively, the star of Aegon (Sacred Falls) is rapidly ascending and his Australian debut in the Hobartville Stakes (Gr 2, 1400m), against some of Sydney’s best three-year-olds, had... Read More