This Month
Gillon McLachlan hires former Ten executive to run Tabcorp’s Sky Racing
Jarrod Villani was a KordaMentha partner who sold the ailing broadcaster to CBS, now Paramount, before running the business for several years.
- Zoe Samios
The royal who loves coming to Australia each summer
Zara Tindall first saddled up for the Magic Millions for a year. But a firm friendship with event owner Katie Page and a passion for racing keep bringing her back.
- Jane Knight
Inquiry refers Rosehill housing plan to ICAC, seeks racing probe
Racing NSW chief executive Peter V’landys has slammed a committee in charge of the report, claiming it had become ‘personal’.
- Zoe Samios
November
‘Horsing heartland’: Merlin Park up for grabs for over $30m
The horse training ground outside Melbourne may could become a residential development.
- Campbell Kwan
Knight’s Choice wins Melbourne Cup in photo finish
It was a photo finish for all places and an upset victory; Coalition calls for Alan Joyce to lose Order of Australia. How the day unfolded.
- Updated
- Hannah Wootton and James Thomson
The $2.3m gamble that led Knight’s Choice to Melbourne Cup glory
Knight’s Choice stunned Australian racing by winning the Melbourne Cup on Tuesday. But he only made the race after a brave gamble by his owner.
- James Thomson
Out the gates! Macquarie quants reveal their Melbourne Cup pick
The investment bank’s finance bros landed a winner last year backing Without A Fight. Can they make it two consecutive victories with their latest pick?
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
- Exclusive
- Online gambling
V’landys slams gambling probe, claims NRL betting is least damaging
Peter V’landys doubled down on past claims racing and sports betting are less harmful than lotteries and slammed all 31 recommendations of the parliamentary inquiry.
- Ronald Mizen
- Exclusive
- Melbourne Cup
Rich Lister was told ‘get a hobby’, now his horse is in the Cup
Brian Flannery has five-year-old gelding Manzoice in the race that stops the nation. It’s an outside chance, but one that the mining billionaire is thrilled to be part of.
- Zoe Samios
- Exclusive
- Melbourne Cup
This star banker won’t stop trying to win the Melbourne Cup
The best – and maybe only – mullet haircut in investment banking is back. Rich Ricci wants another crack at the Melbourne Cup with his horse Vauban.
- James Thomson
- Analysis
- Chanticleer Brunch
‘Melbourne’s the wife, Sydney’s the mistress’: Victoria Racing Club’s CEO
It was inevitable a Chanticleer brunch hosted in Melbourne by a masthead based in Sydney reverted to the age-old rivalry between the country’s two largest cities.
- Patrick Durkin
Making bank: Australia’s highest-earning racehorses revealed
Champion horses can make millions on the racetrack. But the real money lies in retirement.
- Zoe Samios and James Thomson
October
Pony club, more events and Flemington rebrand: CEO’s plans for VRC
Kylie Rogers, who joined the VRC in August as its first female CEO, is preparing an ambitious strategy to boost the fortunes of the struggling club.
- Zoe Samios and Patrick Durkin
The Everest is becoming a Victorian’s nightmare
Rival horse races meant high-powered executives had to choose: Sydney or Melbourne. The King didn’t make it, but many others voted with their feet to Randwick.
- Mark Di Stefano
Pub baron puts ‘horse heaven’ lodge on the market for $30m
Former Spotless boss Bruce Dixon says he has done all he can at Macedon Lodge near Melbourne, and it’s time to hand the reins to a racing horse person.
- Larry Schlesinger
From dead quiet to $100m economic boost: How Everest is changing racing
It was a move to get the media’s attention and take on the Victorian racing elite. But Australia’s richest horse race has achieved far more.
- Zoe Samios
Singapore ends 181 years of horse racing to make way for homes
Horse racing on the island has always had to contend with the need for land.
- Low De Wei
August
This is where you will be treated like racing royalty
Few hotels can claim an equine concierge, but book a stay at Ireland’s Cashel Palace and you will mingle with the best in the business.
- Eugenie Kelly
- Opinion
- Letters to the Editor
Musk, Abbott just the tip of the iceberg of climate inaction
Readers’ letters on ‘climate claptrap’; Greens pushing to own mines; the urgency of power grid modernisation; the sad end of Black Caviar; and international student numbers.
Legendary racehorse Black Caviar dies
The winner of 15 Group One races, Black Caviar was retired in 2013 after amassing $7,953,936 in prizemoney.
- Mohen Govender