Structured, ladylike and Mad Men-inspired fashion is set to take over Randwick this Saturday, TV personality Zoe Balbi says. The 27-year old Sydney Spring Carnival fashion ambassador helped draw barriers for Saturday’s Group One Epsom Handicap at Sydney’s The Star on Wednesday. Balbi told AAP there would be a smorgasbord [...]
The Newcastle Jockey Club has received a major boost with the announcement of $11 million in upgrades, highlighted by the creation of an inside track. The new turf racing surface will mimic the Kensington track at Randwick and will span 20 metres across to cater for 14 starters. The course [...]
For the usual retiree, life after work consists of leisure and relaxation, but for NSW racehorses, retirement could soon involve starting a new career. Retraining retired NSW racehorses for other careers will be compulsory in the next few years if Racing NSW chief executive Peter V’landys gets his way. The [...]
The race which has become a gilt-edged form reference for the Melbourne Cup is in line for an upgrade in status after figuring in a major prizemoney increase. The Geelong Cup will carry $300,000 in stakes this year – up from $225,000 in 2011. It’s a lift which the Geelong [...]
The rugby league State of Origin decider will be shown live on the mega screen at Rosehill Racecourse. The Australian Turf Club (ATC) will open the course free to the public for the match from Brisbane on July 4. The screen, which was officially launched during the autumn carnival, is [...]
The combined might of the NSW and Victorian thoroughbred racing industries has secured a broadcast rights deal to take the sport into a new era. The thoroughbred industry-owned television company TVN will now control who broadcasts vision of all NSW and Victorian racing until 2028. Under the previous arrangement the [...]
The Australian Racing Board has doubled the number of individual owners allowed to share in the ownership of a racehorse. From next season, up to 20 owners will be permitted per horse, up from the previous maximum of 10. The change is the result of a request by the Australian [...]
A new trackside hotel to be built at Royal Randwick will give guests a view down the home straight and club members another spot to wine and dine on carnival days. The Australian Turf Club (ATC) and the NSW Government on Thursday unveiled plans for the four-star hotel complex which [...]
Additional money raised at a function to support trainer John O’Shea will be split between two racing families who are doing it tough. The families of injured jockey Kristy Banks and late trainer Pat Quinn will share the $115,000 raised above the $175,000 target. The event was staged in Sydney [...]
Brisbane Racing Club chairman Kevin Dixon has resigned to take up a position as a board member of Racing Queensland Limited. Dixon’s decision is expected to ultimately lead to him taking up the vacant role as chairman of Queensland’s governing race body from May 1. BRC board member Bill Sexton, [...]
