The Australian boss of the world's biggest racing operation has blamed local owners raiding European sales for prospective cups candidates as the reason for the shallow pool of horses left for the country's biggest spring races.
Rosemont Stud boss Anthony Mithen knows the commercial reality of breeding is "fast horse, fast return", but he has to level it against the reason he fell in love with racing – to win a Caulfield Cup and Melbourne Cup.
A betting option trumpeted by wagering operators to add interest to a three-horse race featuring wonder mare Winx will not be permitted in NSW in the autumn.
One already had a golden ticket to a US Masters, one of his best mates desperately wanted one.
World No.1 Jason Day won't return to play the Australian summer for the first time in three years due to his ongoing back problems.
Gerald Ryan is known to keep sales books for years, curiously glancing back at his notes when one emerges as a budding superstar on the track. He didn't take long to glance at his scribbling for the boom colt heading into the two-year-old season when Sun Bloodstock were seeking a trainer.
YouTube footage is all they've seen of him and and a statistical analyst for Nepal's cricket team has acted as the go-between, but Michael Clarke's mission to bring a 16-year-old spinner to play for his boyhood club is almost complete.
Bookmakers will explore offering betting on a quickfire form of horse racing set to be legalised in Queensland in an attempt to make up for revenue losses when NSW's greyhound racing ban takes effect.
Pound for pound there wouldn't be a breeder in Australia who has had as much success as John Camilleri in the last five years. Not that the man who produced Winx, Vancouver and El Divino will be shouting from the rooftops about it.
Australia's biggest owner-breeder Paul Wheeler has confirmed he will walk away from his multi-million dollar greyhound racing empire when the NSW industry shuts down next year.
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