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From big questions to live trials: What racing can learn from innovation labs around the world
Troy Corstens has proposed a Racing Futures Lab and is already in discussions with Racing Victoria about giving the concept structure. We took a look around the world at other industries that have built ways to take ideas from people inside the system, fund them, test them and decide whether they deserve to go further.
July 8th 2026
Strangles poses growing threat as NZ Racing tightens biosecurity measures
With the number of affected properties continuing to rise in the wider Waikato area, New Zealand's thoroughbred industry is strengthening its response to the strangles outbreak, introducing new health requirements while urging horse owners to remain vigilant and prioritise biosecurity.
July 8th 2026
Black Caviar’s granddaughters keep the dream alive
Two impressive maiden winners in the space of five days have continued the emergence of Black Caviar's legacy as a broodmare and her lineage, with Team Hawkes unveiling a pair of promising fillies as the famous damline continues to gather momentum.
July 8th 2026
Troy Corstens: The room racing never built
TTR begins a series asking racing people to name the industry’s biggest problem, but only if they are also prepared to offer a solution. Troy Corstens starts with what he sees as racing’s missing room: a safe place for ideas, built around the question of what the industry would create if it was starting again today.
July 7th 2026
Arabian Rose steps out of the shadows into the Glasshouse
A young trainer with a small team and a small broodmare farm have combined to win Saturday’s Listed Glasshouse Handicap with Arabian Rose. She is the first stakes winner for trainer James Healy who has 30 boxes on the Sunshine Coast, and the second stakes winner sold by Shadow Brook Bloodstock at the Inglis Great Southern Sale in 2022.
July 7th 2026
Buy of the Weekend: Stars Of Dom proving another astute 'Horse In Training' purchase for Team Hayes
A $80,000 Magic Millions Gold Coast Horses In Training purchase is proving exceptional value for Lindsay Park as Stars Of Dom has already picked up $137,500 in prize money. The promising filly continues to repay the stable's faith and is showing all the signs of developing into an exciting spring 3-year-old.
July 7th 2026
Guest Column: What Japan gets right
Bloodstock agent Will Johnson is on his way to the JRHA Select Sale. He shares his thoughts with clients on the Japanese industry and how they have bounced back from a falling foal crop which could provide some relevance to the challenges facing Australia.
July 7th 2026
International news: Calandagan returns to form
2025’s World’s Best Racehorse Calandagan bounced back to form to win his second Prix de Saint-Cloud in a faster time than last year. In Germany, the Deutches Derby went to outsider Dardanos to give trainer Andreas Wohler a sixth Derby victory.
July 7th 2026
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