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Having given with one hand, Racing NSW announced that they would take back with the other by "clipping the ticket" of owners prizemoney, as they introduce a 1% industry levy (tax) which they will deduct from owners prizemoney to establish a much needed Horse Welfare Programme. This levy will put aside over $2 million per annum for a horse welfare programs.

Trainer John Thompson is confident his Group One-winning (but injury-prone) mare FIRST SEAL (by Fastnet Rock ex Episode) can recapture her best form after an impressive win in a Randwick barrier trial yesterday.

Today ASIC published a Media Release number 16-282 to announce From 1st January 2017 ASIC are: (1) Raising the investment limit for a horse racing syndicate from $250,000 to $500,000; (2) Increasing the maximum number of members for a horse racing syndicate from 20 to 50 along with other changes.

On Wednesday morning 31 August, we filmed Episode 21 in our Dynamic series “A DAY WITH GAI”

Written Tycoon - Champion Two-Year-Old Sire in Australia in 2015/16. Champion First Season Sire of Australia in 2010/11. The sire of the Champion two-year-old CAPITALIST - winner of the Breeders Plate, Magic Millions and Golden Slipper. CAPITALIST became the richest two-year-old in the world, EVER ! The sire of Group One winning two-year-old filly LUNA ROSSA. The sire of Group One, Weight-For-Age sprinter MUSIC MAGNATE. The sire of Group Two winning two-year-old WINNING RUPERT. The sire of elite three-year-old sprinter RICH ENUFF- Sire of 18 SW.

Promising Coolmore shuttler Excelebration (IRE) produced two new winners in two days in the Northern hemisphere with Costa Esmeralda winning easily in the USA, while in the UK at Goodwood, Tara Celeb kicked off her career with a gutsy win. Excelebration is anticipated to produce 3yo miler types the way he is bred and the way he raced to have now had 8 first crop winners in the Northern Hemisphere and a further 11 placegetters, Excelebration is excelling and by far exceeding early expectations.

Champion sire Fastnet Rock featured in Ireland when three year-old filly SOMEHOW took out the Group 3 Snow Fairy Stakes at The Curragh by 7 Lengths. FASTNET ROCK has produced 803 Winners of 1,990 races with 95 Stakes Winners, 87 Stakes Placed and over $99 million in earnings.

Snitzel has shot to an early lead on the 2016/17 Australian General Sires' table, with 22 winners and almost $870,000 prizemoney in the first 28 days of the new season. Four of those winners have been in Group & Listed Stakes Races on three of the first four weekends of the new season.

Redoute's Choice and his sire sons Snitzel & Beneteau dominated Stakes Racing on the Caulfield card last Saturday, thanks to quality performances by Great Esteem, Redzel & Ocean Embers. 6YO gelding Great Esteem became the 135th Stakes Winner for Redoute's Choice