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• Queensland’s Next Lap, Mark Newnham on succeeding in Hong Kong and the mastery of Bob Peters

  Welcome to this week's edition of Straight Talk, sponsored by Inglis and Darley.  This episode covers the McGrath review response in Queensland - night racing proposals, the rejected point‑of‑consumption tax cut, board changes at Racing Queensland and a new Racing Australia chairman. It also features updates on The Pattern and greyhound industry shifts. We also hear from Hong Kong trainer Mark Newnham on his rapid rise in an extended interview. We also discuss Bob Peters’ remarkable breeding record, the Aushorse Investor's Guide and catalogue season. In wagering, Tim and Bren examine the tangled relationship between wagering, government funding and the future sustainability of Australian racing.

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• Steve McMahon on the ATC, plans for Rosehill and more, plus Tim and Bren chat the McGrath review, Trilogy and the future of the tote

  Bren O'Brien and Tim Rowe host interim ATC CEO Steve McMahon for a wide-ranging interview about the club’s financial position, plans for Rosehill, Canterbury and Warwick Farm, training and venue redevelopment, and how race clubs must find new revenue beyond wagering. The McGrath Review is set to be released in Queensland. What does a race club look like when it's not actually running races? And what can Australia learn from Great Britain?  In Breeding and Bloodstock, Trilogy gets a Group 1 reward, Australian buyers are involved at Tatts and a key breeders group calls for politics to be put second in the pattern debate.  And in wagering, is the Tote on the way back? And the virtues or otherwise of same-race-same-game politics?

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• The Pattern, Charlotte Mills on racing's leadership challenges plus the ups and down of the stallion game

  Welcome to this week's edition of Straight Talk with Brent O'Brien and Tim Rowe from The Straight, brought to you by our sponsors Inglis and Darley. Today, the future of The Pattern is still a white-hot issue. What is at play in the ATC's meeting with Racing NSW? Is the VRC staging a financial turnaround and Racing Queensland's search for a chairman is underway. We also have a detailed interview with experienced racing executive Charlotte Mills about leadership in racing. In Breeding and Bloodstock, WA stallions get their chance to shine, an unfortunate end for a Melbourne Cup winning stallion, the economics of standing stallions and questions of fertility. In wagering, no gambling ad reform in sight, WA backs a national tote, Entain's NZ commitment and does turnover cure all.

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• NSW racing in the spotlight, ATC $2.6m hit and calls for reform, plus Entain's $60m cut and Shane Dye buying horses

  Welcome to this week's edition of Straight Talk with Bren O'Brien and Tim Rowe from The Straight, brought to you by our sponsors Inglis & Darley.  This episode covers unfolding turmoil in New South Wales racing, including the ATC’s $2.59 million deficit, its upcoming show cause talks with Racing NSW, the new reform group calling for governance change, and scrutiny on Peter V'landys. We also run through state updates from WA, Tasmania and Victoria, major wagering developments — Entain's job cuts, PointsBet’s social-betting push, and a study estimating $135 million lost by the racing industry to illegal offshore betting — and end with breeding and bloodstock news featuring Shane Dye, Inglis and NZB catalogues, plus a tribute to John Jeffs.  

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• A record Karaka boom featuring Andrew Seabrook, Aaron Morrison on RV's deficit and challenges for Sportsbet

  Welcome to this week’s edition of Straight Talk with Bren O’Brien and Tim Rowe from the Straight, brought to you by our sponsors Inglis & Darley.  This episode covers the big week in Australasian bloodstock including NZB’s record Ready To Run Sale, the newly released Magic Millions catalogue, big results on Inglis Digital and questions over Resolute Racing’s next steps. We also discuss Racing Victoria’s annual report and deficit as well as Racing South Australia's, while we look at Melbourne Cup turnover records, Chris Waller’s $40m season, wagering challenges at Sportsbet and Entain gets its federal court date.

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