Federal Court Justice Alan Robertson ruled against a legal challenge by former bookmaker and chairman of the Sydney Turf Club Bruce McHugh to current thoroughbred breeding laws in Australia.
The Keneally Government on Thursday announced up to $174 million in funding to secure the future of thoroughbred racing in NSW – and protect jobs in the sector.
HUGE open-cut coalmines can be found throughout the Hunter Valley and are growing at such a rate, they run the risk of hurting the area's breeding industry.
A newly formed alliance of racing industry participants has stepped up the fight for a better deal from wagering operators with detailed submissions to the Productivity Commission enquiry in Gambling.
SOME of the country's biggest thoroughbred studs are leading a protest against a coal-mining company that wants to operate in the breeding heartland of the Hunter Valley.
SYDNEY broadcaster and racehorse owner Alan Jones will chair what is deemed a "crucial meeting to discuss racing's future" with a who's who list of invitees.
The Australian Racing Board Chairman has today said that two essential elements of public discussion on the industry’s future were the need for fact-based analysis and a realisation that some change was necessary.
Patinack Farm is asking breeders to bid on nominations to one of their three foundation stallions with all proceeds directed to The Red Cross Victorian Bushfire Appeal.
The Australian Racing Board Chairman has said that last night’s vote in the Senate against a horse disease response levy bill was a massive sell out by the Federal Opposition.
An outstanding Swettenham Stud draft for unreserved dispersal headlines Sydney’s 2008 William Inglis & Son Australian Easter Broodmare Sale catalogue which is now available online, complete with footage of the Swettenham mares.