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Tabcorp promises totaliser revitalisation in current financial year
Pari-mutuel turnover takes hit as wagering giant’s exclusive retail business suffers Tabcorp management say they are committed to revitalising their flagging pari-mutuel product, the major betting medium which funds the Australian racing industry, but after years of posturing it remains to be seen when that will come to fruition. The wagering giant, which holds the... Read More
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Elleegant, Behemoth prove that Group 1 winners can come from anywhere
A month into the new season has seen two Group 1 contests, namely the Winx Stakes (Gr 1, 1400m) at Randwick, won by Verry Elleegant (Zed), and, most recently, the Memsie Stakes (Gr 1, 1400m) at Caulfield, won by Behemoth (All Too Hard). Verry Elleegant’s family is the equivalent of stud book royalty as she... Read More
Larneuk Stud’s Neville Murdoch optimistic about fortunes of breeding season
Victorian farm principal believes breeder drop off yet to be seen despite Covid uncertainty The widely held belief is that the Covid-19 pandemic will lead to a smaller foal crop being born as breeders look to cut costs and the commercial realities hit home but one Victorian stud principal says it is not a forgone... Read More
Temperamental filly See You Soon to be covered by The Autumn Sun
Woodpark Stud trainer Jean Dubois pulls plug on promising Group-placed filly’s racetrack career The Autumn Sun (Redoute’s Choice) has been chosen as the maiden suitor for the extremely talented but troublesome three-year-old See You Soon (Siyouni) whose racetrack career was dramatically cut short after the stubborn filly refused to go into the barriers. The Jean... Read More
Sleeper stallion All Too Hard an emerging Behemoth
Memsie Stakes winner signals consistent high-class horses Vinery Stud sire can produce All Too Hard (Casino Prince), a dynamic racehorse who downed the champion of his generation in Pierro (Lonhro), has taken longer to establish himself as a sire of note than his Coolmore contemporary but it is two of Vinery Stud’s former stallions and... Read More
Vale Subzero: a hero on the track, a champion away from the racecourse, a legend gone
One of the racing industry’s most beloved ambassadors, Melbourne Cup (Gr 1, 3200m) winner Subzero (Kala Dancer), was humanely euthanised yesterday at the age of 32. Media personality Bruce Clark, a close friend of Subzero’s caretakers, the Salisbury family, announced Subzero’s death on social media yesterday afternoon. It comes only weeks after the Salisbury patriarch... Read More