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Asian Racing Review: corporates grilled at inquiry, but where was the racing industry?

Andrew Le Jeune and Michael Cox talk Japan's latest turf superstar, the seemingly forgotten broader context of Anamoe's G1 Queen Elizabeth Stakes defeat, and the at times 'heated' government inquiry into Australia's corporate bookmaking sector.

David Morgan

Suraj Narredu wants Australian success on his CV

India’s top jockey is expanding his overseas experience in Australia this autumn and is already making connections at Cranbourne.

Bren O’Brien

A tough day on the stand: five takeaways from a chastening trip to Canberra for Australia’s biggest bookies

A brutal day of public hearings for Australia’s corporate bookmaking sector points to the federal government’s appetite for major regulatory change in the industry, including affordability checks and advertising bans.

Bren O’Brien

The house that Jake built: the ‘wild imagination’ that created Combet

On a quixotic quest to change the path of Australian bookmaking, Combet’s Jake Howard has built a betting product unlike anything the wagering industry has seen.

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Asian Racing Review: Joao Moreira’s Randwick redemption?

Michael Cox and Andrew Le Jeune break down last weekend's monster Dubai World Cup meeting and look ahead to Day One of the Championships at Randwick, where Joao Moreira makes his long-awaited Sydney Group 1 return.

Bren O’Brien

Exchanging fortunes: does Betfair have a retail future in Australia?

Betfair has ridden a roller coaster of fortunes in its 18 years in Australia. Bren O’Brien looks at the role of the betting exchange in the past, present and future of the Australian wagering landscape.

David Morgan

Hong Kong interest in Communist, Freedman just wants a lightweight

The Randwick Guineas winner has attracted informal enquiries from Hong Kong but the three-year-old has plenty of lucrative incentives to keep him in Australia.

Costa Rolfe

Eight-time Group 1 glory not a Patch on retirement spotlight

Apache Cat won 19 races and $4.5 million on the track, but it is his immense popularity off it that has elevated the extravagantly marked chestnut to become the (baldy) “face of Australian racing”.

Bren O’Brien

State of play: the key challenges at the heart of Tasmanian racing

With increases in prize money, wagering, government support and yearling prices, thoroughbred racing and breeding in Tasmania looks to be in rude health, but dig a little deeper and there are significant challenges in the island state.

Michael Cox

Mick Tubman and the $15,000 ‘Fairytale Filly’, Chance Bye

When small-time trainer Mick Tubman made a spontaneous decision to go to the 2009 Inglis Classic Yearling Sale, he found a low-flying bargain that would claim the G2 Silver Slipper on her way to winning more than half-a-million dollars.

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【初露鋒芒】John Messara談「滿樂時」 評價日本種馬表現

這位阿羅非爾德育馬場的掌舵人談及與社台的深厚關係，以及日本產種馬能揚威國際的獨特之處。

David Morgan

John Messara talks Maurice, diluting Danehill, and Japan’s influence

The Arrowfield Stud supremo relates his long association with Shadai and extols the qualities that make Japanese horses and their bloodlines such a force in world racing.

Bren O’Brien

The Australian tote is dying, but does anybody care?

With data indicating that parimutuel win bet turnover on Australia’s major meetings has more than halved over the past 12 months, the future looks grim for the ‘TAB’ in the birthplace of the totalisator.