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 episode artwork

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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

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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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