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Sydney spring racing carnival

October

VRC CEO Kylie Rogers

How Victoria Racing Club’s new boss plans to turn around its fortunes

Kylie Rogers was used to managing people with different priorities and agendas as one of the AFL’s top commercial executives. Now she has an even bigger challenge.

  • Zoe Samios and Patrick Durkin

August

Racing NSW boss Peter V’landys clashed with upper house MP Mark Latham at Friday’s hearing.

Plan for 25,000 homes on racecourse site a ‘fantasy’: inquiry

Peter V’landys and Mark Latham clashed in a fiery hearing as the Australian Turf Club blamed a “high Indian population” for declining Rosehill racecourse crowds.

  • Gus McCubbing

November 2023

Peter V’landys.

Chris Minns changes the law for Peter V’Landys. Again.

Racing NSW chairman Russell Balding was coming up on his statutory term limit. The Labor government announced new legislation to extend his tenure.

  • Mark Di Stefano

October 2023

Nathan Cleary’s second half heroics means online bookmaker Betr needs to process more than $40 million in winnings - the largest payout in the history of sports gambling.

Bookmaker may be buying time on historic payout, racing CEO says

The top Queensland racing executive and ex-Ladbrokes CEO said the delay of Betr’s record payout could limit how many people withdraw cash from accounts.

  • Mark Di Stefano

September 2023

Brian To’o helped the Panthers to a fourth straight grand final.

Bookmaker faces largest payout in sports gambling history

Sunday might be payday for tens of thousands of gamblers who have been sitting on potentially lucrative 100-1 bets on the Panthers for almost a year.

  • Mark Di Stefano and Sam Buckingham-Jones

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