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The Latest Breaking News from Racing Victoria

Australians still betting big on Melbourne Cup, despite many saying they’re losing interest in race

But money spent betting on horse racing overall has sharply declined amid cost-of-living pressures and regulation

The Guardian - AU

At least 174 racehorses died from racing or training injuries in past 12 months in Australia, report finds

That’s the highest number recorded by the Coalition for the Protection of Racehorses since they began tracking deaths 10 years ago

The Guardian - AU

RSPCA Victoria warns surging animal cruelty against horses cannot be investigated without more funding

Organisation receives $2.3m from Victorian government but has projected operation costs of $10.8m this year

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'Get off their high horses': call to end jumps racing

Former Victorian racing minister Rob Hulls is turning up the heat on the Labor government to become the last Australian state to ban jumps racing.

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Horses seized after man flouts offload order, buys more

A Victorian horse owner who purchased more horses despite a court order banning him from owning horses over animal cruelty charges has had his herd seized.

AAP

Your 5-Minute Explainer On #NupToTheCup & Why People Are Saying No To Horse Racing

There have been seven horse deaths during and in the lead-up to the Melbourne Cup over the last 10 years. Six of them saw the horses euthanised on the track.

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Fresh questions about fate of retired racehorses as NSW won’t say how many are being rehomed

Lack of transparency prompts concerns four years after the mass slaughter of horses in abattoirs and knackeries was revealed

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The race that split Australia: how the Everest triggered a bitter NSW-Victoria feud

Antagonism has festered since Racing NSW under Peter V’landys promoted a new race to rival Victoria’s spring carnival in 2017

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Safe bet: the media relationships that give horse racing a good run in NSW

Sydney’s main news providers have many interests in common with the pugnacious leadership of Racing NSW. Have they become too close?

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Top jockey charged by stewards over 'white powder' pics

Racing Victoria has charged top jockey Jamie Kah over pictures that appeared to show her and two others with a white powder.

AAP

Racing NSW sues Racing Victoria and alleges anti-competitive behaviour

Association alleges that its southern rival conspired to exclude it from the national governance body

The Guardian - AU

Racing Victoria launches fresh probe into banned trainer Darren Weir after secret footage emerges

Racing Victoria has announced it is probing further evidence presented during the former Melbourne Cup winner's court appearance.

ABC News

A Melbourne Cup Protestor Slooshed 1000L Of Weird Oily Liquid Onto Flemington Racecourse

Racing Victoria said the track was still safe to race on.

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Ambivalence towards horse racing leaves Melbourne Cup half full

Has Flemington’s ‘race that stops a nation’ lost its hold on our collective imagination?

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Racing Victoria chief says Flemington racetrack wall had ‘unintended’ flood consequences

Andrew Jones says Victoria Racing Club was ‘entitled’ to protect its property from floods

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