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Ciaron Maher Racing has undertaken a restructure of its giant dual-state operation, making a ‘small number’ of staff redundant.
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February 19, 2025 at 6:27 AM
Ciaron Maher Racing has undertaken a restructure of its giant dual-state operation, making a ‘small number’ of staff redundant.
🔗 Read now:https://thestraight.com.au/maher-cuts-jobs-sharpens-focus-on-nsw/
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Patience isn’t in Zhang Yuesheng’s vernacular, so it will be of little surprise that negotiations for Yulong to buy three-year-old colt Angel Capital, the $4 favourite for Saturday week’s Australian Guineas, took no more than a week.
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February 19, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Patience isn’t in Zhang Yuesheng’s vernacular, so it will be of little surprise that negotiations for Yulong to buy three-year-old colt Angel Capital, the $4 favourite for Saturday week’s Australian Guineas, took no more than a week.
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And that makes it three from three for Shaggy.
Shaggy has been Sandbar’s only runner from a first-season crop after covering 60 mares at an $8800 advertised service fee.
Could he be favourite for the Golden Slipper?
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Shaggy has been Sandbar’s only runner from a first-season crop after covering 60 mares at an $8800 advertised service fee.
Could he be favourite for the Golden Slipper?
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Bar raised - Hong Kong rebuff a pointer to Kooringal’s expectations for first-season sire
Angus Lamont is putting his faith in unbeaten two-year-old Shaggy continuing to be a poster boy for Kooringal Stud sire Sandbar.
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February 15, 2025 at 2:56 AM
And that makes it three from three for Shaggy.
Shaggy has been Sandbar’s only runner from a first-season crop after covering 60 mares at an $8800 advertised service fee.
Could he be favourite for the Golden Slipper?
🔗 Read more: thestraight.com.au/bar-raised-h...
Shaggy has been Sandbar’s only runner from a first-season crop after covering 60 mares at an $8800 advertised service fee.
Could he be favourite for the Golden Slipper?
🔗 Read more: thestraight.com.au/bar-raised-h...
Friday5 🖐️
📍 RV’s media pivot
📍Has the number of yearlings offered at auction in Australia reached its tipping point?
📍 Blake Shinn getting busy with 100 winners
📍 Edward Cummings promises to step in at Leilani Lodge
📍Bar raised for Shaggy ahead of Pierro Plate
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📍 RV’s media pivot
📍Has the number of yearlings offered at auction in Australia reached its tipping point?
📍 Blake Shinn getting busy with 100 winners
📍 Edward Cummings promises to step in at Leilani Lodge
📍Bar raised for Shaggy ahead of Pierro Plate
🔗 Read more: www.thestraight.com.au
February 14, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Friday5 🖐️
📍 RV’s media pivot
📍Has the number of yearlings offered at auction in Australia reached its tipping point?
📍 Blake Shinn getting busy with 100 winners
📍 Edward Cummings promises to step in at Leilani Lodge
📍Bar raised for Shaggy ahead of Pierro Plate
🔗 Read more: www.thestraight.com.au
📍 RV’s media pivot
📍Has the number of yearlings offered at auction in Australia reached its tipping point?
📍 Blake Shinn getting busy with 100 winners
📍 Edward Cummings promises to step in at Leilani Lodge
📍Bar raised for Shaggy ahead of Pierro Plate
🔗 Read more: www.thestraight.com.au
🚨Anthony Cummings appeals licence suspension
Anthony Cummings has appealed a decision from Racing NSW to suspend his licence, after being given seven days to vacate his Randwick stables.
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Anthony Cummings has appealed a decision from Racing NSW to suspend his licence, after being given seven days to vacate his Randwick stables.
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February 13, 2025 at 5:10 AM
🚨Anthony Cummings appeals licence suspension
Anthony Cummings has appealed a decision from Racing NSW to suspend his licence, after being given seven days to vacate his Randwick stables.
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Anthony Cummings has appealed a decision from Racing NSW to suspend his licence, after being given seven days to vacate his Randwick stables.
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Blake Shinn has never been busier in his 20-year career in the saddle. Having become the first Australian jockey to reach 100 winners this season, he tells The Straight that he has no plans to slow down.
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February 12, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Blake Shinn has never been busier in his 20-year career in the saddle. Having become the first Australian jockey to reach 100 winners this season, he tells The Straight that he has no plans to slow down.
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Inglis Classic Sale, Buyer location - change in investment from 2024:
NSW: ⬇️$4,728,000
VIC: ⬆️ $1,240,500
HK: ⬇️$480,000
NZ: ⬇️$849,000
Qld: ⬆️ $470,000
WA: ⬆️ $234,000
SA: ⬆️$134,000
Japan: ⬆️$1,080,000
NSW: ⬇️$4,728,000
VIC: ⬆️ $1,240,500
HK: ⬇️$480,000
NZ: ⬇️$849,000
Qld: ⬆️ $470,000
WA: ⬆️ $234,000
SA: ⬆️$134,000
Japan: ⬆️$1,080,000
February 12, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Inglis Classic Sale, Buyer location - change in investment from 2024:
NSW: ⬇️$4,728,000
VIC: ⬆️ $1,240,500
HK: ⬇️$480,000
NZ: ⬇️$849,000
Qld: ⬆️ $470,000
WA: ⬆️ $234,000
SA: ⬆️$134,000
Japan: ⬆️$1,080,000
NSW: ⬇️$4,728,000
VIC: ⬆️ $1,240,500
HK: ⬇️$480,000
NZ: ⬇️$849,000
Qld: ⬆️ $470,000
WA: ⬆️ $234,000
SA: ⬆️$134,000
Japan: ⬆️$1,080,000
RUN THE NUMBERS 📈
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It has been a long time since the Melbourne Cup has been considered a stallion-making race.
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It has been a long time since the Melbourne Cup has been considered a stallion-making race.
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February 11, 2025 at 3:06 AM
RUN THE NUMBERS 📈
Sponsored by Ingis
It has been a long time since the Melbourne Cup has been considered a stallion-making race.
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Sponsored by Ingis
It has been a long time since the Melbourne Cup has been considered a stallion-making race.
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That double of Melbourne Cup winner and champion stallion has only happened four times, with Comedy King (1910), Grand Flaneur (1880) and Chester (1877) also members of an exclusive club.
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Run The Numbers – A Shocking feat that even Zabeel and Sir Tristram can’t match
Shocking has become just the second stallion this century to secure a New Zealand Group 1 double on the same day. Run The Numbers looks at the Rich Hill resident’s record and where he sits in comparis...
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February 11, 2025 at 2:35 AM
That double of Melbourne Cup winner and champion stallion has only happened four times, with Comedy King (1910), Grand Flaneur (1880) and Chester (1877) also members of an exclusive club.
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Racing NSW assumed the role of Crown land manager of five NSW racecourses in 2024, as the NSW Lands and Property Minister confirmed that 95 of the state’s 115 tracks are on Crown land.
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February 10, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Racing NSW assumed the role of Crown land manager of five NSW racecourses in 2024, as the NSW Lands and Property Minister confirmed that 95 of the state’s 115 tracks are on Crown land.
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The similarities between a Dundeel colt and Group 1 winner Super Seth went beyond their sire and were too hard to ignore, well-known bloodstock agent Dean Hawthorne says.
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February 10, 2025 at 8:46 AM
The similarities between a Dundeel colt and Group 1 winner Super Seth went beyond their sire and were too hard to ignore, well-known bloodstock agent Dean Hawthorne says.
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A worldly John Fung has embraced the thoroughbred ambitions of his father Tony, living on the family’s Aquis Farm and working hands-on in the stables in the Gold Coast hinterland.
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February 10, 2025 at 7:30 AM
A worldly John Fung has embraced the thoroughbred ambitions of his father Tony, living on the family’s Aquis Farm and working hands-on in the stables in the Gold Coast hinterland.
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Racing SA’s recent acquisition of a small piece of land that sits alongside the Strathalbyn Racing Club marks a big-picture approach for what lies ahead for racing in the state, as new CEO Nick Bawden begins his tenure.
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February 10, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Racing SA’s recent acquisition of a small piece of land that sits alongside the Strathalbyn Racing Club marks a big-picture approach for what lies ahead for racing in the state, as new CEO Nick Bawden begins his tenure.
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ROWE ON MONDAY ☀️
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📍The unheralded influence at stud of Melbourne Cup winner Shocking
📍Spotlight on the South Australian breeding industry
📍Two possible Bjorn Baker-trained contenders for the NZB $3.5 million Kiwi
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Sponsored by ArrowfieldStud
📍The unheralded influence at stud of Melbourne Cup winner Shocking
📍Spotlight on the South Australian breeding industry
📍Two possible Bjorn Baker-trained contenders for the NZB $3.5 million Kiwi
🔗 Read more: thestraight.com.au/rowe-on-mond...
February 10, 2025 at 3:17 AM
ROWE ON MONDAY ☀️
Sponsored by ArrowfieldStud
📍The unheralded influence at stud of Melbourne Cup winner Shocking
📍Spotlight on the South Australian breeding industry
📍Two possible Bjorn Baker-trained contenders for the NZB $3.5 million Kiwi
🔗 Read more: thestraight.com.au/rowe-on-mond...
Sponsored by ArrowfieldStud
📍The unheralded influence at stud of Melbourne Cup winner Shocking
📍Spotlight on the South Australian breeding industry
📍Two possible Bjorn Baker-trained contenders for the NZB $3.5 million Kiwi
🔗 Read more: thestraight.com.au/rowe-on-mond...
🚨 Familiar names attached to Private Harry sibling purchase
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🗞️STRAIGHT SHORTS
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Straight Shorts - Monday February 10 - Kurrinda, Doyle maintain Private Harry connection, All-Star Mile ambassador competition revealed
Straight Shorts is a rolling news update service on the biggest stories in racing, wagering and breeding. Our coverage today will include all the latest from the second day of the Inglis Classic Sale ...
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February 10, 2025 at 1:52 AM
🚨 Familiar names attached to Private Harry sibling purchase
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Straight Shorts - Monday February 10 - Kurrinda, Doyle maintain Private Harry connection, All-Star Mile ambassador competition revealed
Straight Shorts is a rolling news update service on the biggest stories in racing, wagering and breeding. Our coverage today will include all the latest from the second day of the Inglis Classic Sale ...
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February 10, 2025 at 1:51 AM
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With Inglis Classic Sale kicking off on Sunday, Inglis CEO Sebastian Hutch spoke to Bren and Tim on Straight Talk this week to discuss all things sale.
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February 8, 2025 at 10:20 PM
With Inglis Classic Sale kicking off on Sunday, Inglis CEO Sebastian Hutch spoke to Bren and Tim on Straight Talk this week to discuss all things sale.
🎧 Listen to the full podcast this week on your favourite streaming platform.
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🎧 Listen to the full podcast this week on your favourite streaming platform.
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🗞️ STRAIGHT SHORTS
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The Straights rolling feed of all the days racing, wagering and breeding news.
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February 7, 2025 at 5:15 AM
🗞️ STRAIGHT SHORTS
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🚨 Festival of Racing launched as Group 1 action returns at Caulfield
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February 6, 2025 at 5:22 AM
🚨 Festival of Racing launched as Group 1 action returns at Caulfield
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🚨 Entain Australia boss Dean Shannon has blamed an increase in taxes and fees paid by Australian bookmakers as the primary reason for a decision to close the Ladbrokes Racing Club.
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The Straights rolling feed of all the days racing, wagering and breeding news.
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February 6, 2025 at 1:41 AM
🚨 Entain Australia boss Dean Shannon has blamed an increase in taxes and fees paid by Australian bookmakers as the primary reason for a decision to close the Ladbrokes Racing Club.
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🗞️STRAIGHT SHORTS
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February 6, 2025 at 1:34 AM
🗞️STRAIGHT SHORTS
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The acquisition of TopSport by Betr parent company BlueBet Holdings was confirmed on Wednesday, with $10 million, 70 per cent in cash and 30 per cent in scrip, plus earn-outs etc, to change hands.
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February 5, 2025 at 2:49 AM
The acquisition of TopSport by Betr parent company BlueBet Holdings was confirmed on Wednesday, with $10 million, 70 per cent in cash and 30 per cent in scrip, plus earn-outs etc, to change hands.
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🚨 Matt Ballesty, a senior executive with more than three decades of experience across the gaming and hospitality industries, has been appointed as New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing’s (NZTR) chief executive.
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February 5, 2025 at 1:12 AM
🚨 Matt Ballesty, a senior executive with more than three decades of experience across the gaming and hospitality industries, has been appointed as New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing’s (NZTR) chief executive.
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🚨 Racing Queensland announces winter carnival dates with $30 million in stakes on offer
Queensland’s winter carnival schedule has been unveiled with nine $1 million races and eight Group 1 events to be decided across 11 meetings.
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Queensland’s winter carnival schedule has been unveiled with nine $1 million races and eight Group 1 events to be decided across 11 meetings.
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February 5, 2025 at 1:11 AM
🚨 Racing Queensland announces winter carnival dates with $30 million in stakes on offer
Queensland’s winter carnival schedule has been unveiled with nine $1 million races and eight Group 1 events to be decided across 11 meetings.
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Queensland’s winter carnival schedule has been unveiled with nine $1 million races and eight Group 1 events to be decided across 11 meetings.
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