Always back the horse named self-interest, son. It'll be the only one trying
One of the great problems with corporate bookmaker licensing around Australia is that the bookies are allowed by the regulators to apply their own unique scale of deductions in the cases of a late scratching/s. This is unnecessary and unfair to punters – there should be a single national scale of deductions that is mandatory […]
The Melbourne Racing Club (MRC), owner of the Caulfield, Sandown and Mornington race clubs, has reported an alarming annual loss of $17.3 million for the 2024/25 financial year. The loss comes despite the club having drawn down an additional $24.2 million from its $200 million line of credit with the bank, leaving the MRC owning […]
A frequent claim is that ATC should simply receive all wagering revenue generated by betting from all wagering operators on all its races. Based on this claim, the ATC would receive $80.1 million. The actual money it receives from Racing NSW from wagering highlights why this argument is absurd given that in 2025, the ATC […]
Placing the ATC into administration is not as simple as Racing NSW might have us believe. Racing NSW has the power under section 14(2)(g) of the Thoroughbred Racing Act 1996 (‘Racing Act’) to appoint an administrator to conduct the affairs of the Australian Turf Club (ATC). That much is clear. https://legislation.nsw.gov.au/view/whole/html/inforce/current/act-1996-037#sec.14 HOWEVER Under the Registered […]
Matthew McGrath, the man from NSW running the QLD Racing Review, is a great self-promoter, but are his claims to being a highly successful racing administrator true? The simple answer in our opinion? No. In a submission McGrath made to the Parliamentary Inquiry into the Sale of Rosehill he made the following claims, which no […]
Never wrestle with pigs. You both get dirty and the pig likes it. – George Bernard Shaw Did the new Australian Turf Club Chairman, Directors, and their members and allies really imagine that they could pass up the offer of a lifetime to sell Rosehill for billions of dollars, and turn the Vote No campaign into a series […]
CHAIRMAN’S REPORT Dear NSW Racing Industry participants, Unfortunately, there has been much misinformation relating to the Australian Turf Club (ATC) and why Racing NSW has issued a Show Cause Notice as to why the ATC should not be put into administration. Racing NSW wanted to take the opportunity to reassure all participants that this action […]
Watch the horse one from the outside in the blue colors in the replay below. See it turn its head and try to give the horse outside it a love bite? The Stewards stood the horse down pending a satisfactory trial. Perhaps they should have ordered that it wear a muzzle when it does. STREAK […]
There is strong mail coming out of Waltzing Matilda country that the owner of one of the runners at Winton on Saturday has recently had animals removed from his property by the RSPCA, who were concerned about their welfare. We don’t know what the bloke – who owns what is sure to be one of […]
