UNDER THE LENS 2021 ROYAL ASCOT COVERAGE SPONSORED BY TATTERSALLS - PAGE 19 Friday, June 18, 2021 | Dedicated to the Australasian bloodstock industry - subscribe for free: Click here MAIDEN OF THE WEEK - PAGE 24 SUBJECTIVIST SHINES AS STRADIVARIUS FAILS IN HISTORIC GOLD CUP BID - PAGE 14 NSW government to What's on fund $20 million Scone Race meetings: Coffs Harbour (NSW), Geelong (NSW), Sunshine Coast (QLD), Carnarvon (WA), Canberra Acton (ACT), stable and track project Oamaru (NZ) Muswellbrook to also benefit from $67 million state budget as Barrier trials / Jump-outs: Rosehill (NSW), Cessnock in line for upgrade Coffs Harbour (NSW), Flemington (VIC), Carnarvon (WA), Balaklava (SA), Canberra Acton (ACT) International Group races: Ascot (UK) - Commonwealth Cup (Gr 1, 6f), Coronation Stakes (Gr 1, 1m), King Edward VII Stakes (Gr 2, 1m4f), Albany Stakes (Gr 3, 6f) International race meetings: Ascot (UK), Newmarket (UK), Goodwood (UK), Redcar (UK), Limerick (IRE), Fairview (SAF) Scone Racecourse, John Barilaro and Dominic Perrottet (inset) Valley yesterday, is just one of what is BY TIM ROWE | @ANZ_NEWS ROYAL MEETING expected to be multiple stable projects stable complex with the capacity undertaken as a result of the $67 million Melbourne Cup for hundreds of extra horses and in government funding outlined ahead of hot topic at Ascot a new Polytrack will be built in the Tuesday’s state budget. There is an absence of colonial sprinters in thoroughbred breeding heartland The NSW government has also set aside Berkshire to cause a stir and take the British Aof Scone as Racing NSW’s long-slated plan to $4.2 million for a grandstand and raceday stirling back Down Under, but Australia has upgrade training facilities across the state won amenities upgrade at nearby Muswellbrook still emerged as the talk of the track over the approval from the state government. with confirmation of how the remaining $43 last two days, as the conversation erupted over The $20 million project, announced million will be spent set to be released in the prospects of its most prestigious race, the by NSW deputy premier John Barilaro and targeted announcements by MPs in the coming Melbourne Cup (Gr 1, 3200m). treasurer Dominic Perrottet in the Hunter days. Continued on page 2>> Under the Lens page 19 >> OLYMPIAN MCMAHON APPLYING SHOWJUMPING PROWESS TO RACING’S STARS - PAGE 22 Follow us @anz_news | 1 | Brought to you by NSW government to fund $20 million Scone stable and track project | 2 | Friday, June 18, 2021 << Continued from page 1 However, the redevelopment of the Cessnock racecourse as a training centre, which ceased holding meetings after it was sold to Racing NSW last year, is also set to become a reality as a result of the budget injection. The construction of the new on-course stabling complexes at Scone would be on land already owned by Racing NSW whose chief operating officer Graeme Hinton said plans were for the stables to house at least 300, and up to 400 extra horses, on top of the 200 already in training. Hinton, who along with chief executive Peter V’landys and chairman Russell Balding was on hand for the Scone announcement, welcomed the government’s support of the thoroughbred industry. Scone racecourse RACING NEWS “This all stemmed from Racing NSW presenting a business case to the government to say, if you build stables, you create jobs and jobs are good He said: “I was standing next to (Scone trainer) Brett Cavanough for the economy,” Hinton told ANZ Bloodstock News. today and all he was talking about was the Kosciuszko, the Country “There’s a format there where you can illustrate that and it’s then Championships and the Highways, so there’s plenty of reasons to get out easier for the government to invest. We’ve stepped them through that into the country (to train).” process and the benefits that it drives and this is what’s come from it. A total of 21 racecourses are set to receive infrastructure funding in “There were vets at the function today who were talking about building the budget, but ANZ Bloodstock News understands at least two major a new vet hospital up here, so these are the kind of flow-on benefits that provincial and country race clubs, both to the north and south of Sydney, come from it.” have been overlooked despite having key projects earmarked. Development applications for the Scone project will be submitted Hinton indicated clubs who do miss out on funding in the budget may to the Upper Hunter Shire Council in the near future but Hinton hopes instead be in line for investment directly from the governing body’s own construction to be completed in two years’ time. coffers. Continued on page 4>> WRITTEN TYCOON – NATURALE (BY BEL ESPRIT) “ AS SOON AS OLE KIRK GOT WITHIN A LENGTH YOU JUST KNEW HE WAS GOING TO PUT THE RACE AWAY. HE’S GOT THAT SUPERIOR FINISH.” – Matt Welsh, The Wrap, after the Gr.1 Caulfield Guineas win VINERY.COM.AU 02 6543 8333 Follow us @anz_news | 2 | Brought to you by Royal Ascot triple sprint king BLUE POINT Shamardal - Scarlett Rose $44,000 inc GST NSW government to fund $20 million Scone stable and track project | 4 | Friday, June 18, 2021 << Continued from page 2 “We will try and spread it around, but NSW deputy premier and Nationals leader John Barilaro said: “This the bulk of the spending (of the $67 million in government money) will be is the largest investment by the NSW government in racing infrastructure on building stables, so you need to prioritise where you’ve got the right and it is entirely focused on regional NSW. training facilities and the population,” he said. “Today is yet another example of how we are actively supporting a “That is where the bulk of this money will end up and then Racing NSW regional renaissance, giving people in regional NSW access to the best can look at it and say, ‘where else do we need to invest in infrastructure?’.” quality amenities and recreation facilities. Racing NSW has made no secret of it wanting to increase the number “This funding to upgrade racetracks in regional NSW will mean more jobs of horses being trained in the state, particularly close to Sydney, a goal for locals and more money coming into country towns through increased which has been hindered by a lack of stabling at the three metropolitan tourism generated by the capacity to host more high-quality race meets.” training centres of Randwick, Rosehill and Warwick Farm, as well as the News that Scone would receive a major infrastructure upgrade comes provincial circuits. at an important time for the town’s race club, which is currently advertising In 2019, the Southern Highlands was mooted by V’landys as a for a chief executive after the recent departure of Heath Courtney. potential location for a greenfield training centre in a similar way to how The club’s two-day cup carnival in May was also hurt this year when Newmarket is in the UK. the administration and committee made the shock decision to hand back “Cessnock is definitely (in line for funding) but I don’t think you’ll see its standalone Saturday meeting. anything on the Southern Highlands, we are early days on that project, but I It was held at Rosehill for the second year in succession after it was would hope to see Cessnock as part of this (budget spending),” Hinton said. moved due to the pandemic in 2020. “Cessnock is still being used to train horses, there’s a small population Hinton said Racing NSW and the club were yet to discuss the prospect there, but our vision is to turn it into a pre-training centre, build a few of Scone once again hosting a standalone meeting next year and beyond. hundred stables, build a Polytrack and have that as a location to have “It is something we need to sit down with the club about and see what horses pre-trained. next year looks like and whether they have got the appetite to do it again,” “That then means horses aren’t taking up boxes at Gosford, Newcastle, he said. 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