The TAB has caused an early blow for the proposed $7.5m Golden Eagle set to be run in Victoria Derby day after they pulled sponsorship of the race.
The TAB has decided not to sponsor the running of the race with a sponsorship amount believed to be around $500,000 due to the race coinciding with Melbourne Cup week.
Racing NSW chief executive Peter V’landys accused Racing Victoria for TAB’s decision to pull the funding for the race.
“I’m in shock that they have shunned Sydney’s west to protect the Melbourne establishment,” V’landys told the Daily Telegraph.
“In one breath the Victorians say they are not concerned about the Golden Eagle and try to be condescending about the race but then they are putting pressure on TAB not to sponsor the race.”
“TAB is national company not a Victorian company and it wants to be careful not to destroy its relationships with every other states’ racing industry and interstate governments to protect Victoria.”
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