File photo by ANDREW KACIMAIWAI Australian Turf Club (ATC) members have voted down a move to turn the Rosehill Gardens racecourse into 25,000 new homes. According to the ATC, 3451 voting members (or only 43.9%) voted to sell the site for a reported $5 billion. Club chairman Peter McGauran described the vote as historic while…
The festival’s high-powered racing starts this week at Willowbank with a warm-up event. File photo: ANDREW KACIMAIWAI The power of hooves (mechanical and not) will drown out the cheers of fans as Ipswich gears up for its Festival of Horsepower. The festival ‘starts’ this Saturday at Willowbank Speedway with a warm-up for the Winternationals proper…
The iconic Dapto Dogs race meeting in NSW will end next June. Photo: stock After almost 90 years, greyhound racing at Dapto, NSW, (Dapto Dogs) will come to an end in 2026. The decision was made by the owners of Dapto Showground, the Dapto Agricultural & Horticultural Society. They alerted Greyhound Racing NSW (GRNSW) on…
The affected area is mown at the racecourse. Photo: Gold Coast Turf Club/Twitter (X) The Gold Coast Turf Club is working around the clock to save the Magic Millions race this Saturday after its Bundall racetrack was vandalised late last week. The club says spray nozzles, mixing equipment and footprints were found near the damaged…
NZ is moving quickly to protect greyhounds after saying it will shut the dog racing industry. Photo: stock New Zealand is to end greyhound racing next year in a move that has been welcomed by that country’s peak animal welfare organisation. NZ Deputy PM and Racing Minister Winston Peters says that racing will be wound…
Picture: stock Knight’s Choice won the $8.5 million Melbourne Cup in thrilling style in a photo finish win over Warp Speed at Flemington Racecourse today. Irish expat jockey Robbie Dolan surged past his rivals to ride the $81 chance first past the winning post on the inside. Noboru Takagi’s Warp Speed was second by a nose…