Racing Victoria will cut prize-money and stand down staff in a bid to reduce expenditure during the coronavirus pandemic. From tomorrow, RV said 40 per cent of its permanent staff would be temporarily stood down or required to work reduced hours. The RV board and executive team have voluntarily agreed to a reduction in pay... Read More

The Queensland winter racing carnival has been scrapped as the state moves to racing in five separate regions. The winter carnivals in all three codes, thoroughbreds, harness and greyhounds, have been abandoned for the first time in a century and they will be replaced by standard metropolitan race programming with selected feature races. “Given the... Read More

Australian racing is in limbo pending the results of Covid-19 tests on a licensed participant, believed to be a jockey. Until yesterday, racing had been the last major sport still standing with meetings conducted under strict biosecurity protocols and without spectators. That changed with Sandown called off after two races when Racing Victoria became aware... Read More

The proposed Racing Reform Bill, which is slowly working its way through New Zealand Parliament, may be totally redundant if recently uncovered documents are taken into account. Among the concerns of many interested industry participants is the question of just who owns the TAB, as well as the intellectual property rights that are associated with... Read More

Yesterday was the last day that submissions could be made to the select committee regarding the upcoming racing legislation, the Racing Industry Bill, which is proceeding through the New Zealand parliament. Many submissions have been made in recent weeks, particularly those by NZTR (New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing). The last speaker yesterday, John Messara, was also... Read More