Owner News & TROA Media Releases

Horse owners are being warned to prepare for the deadly Hendra virus season. The bat-borne virus has killed four of the seven humans who have been infected and caused the deaths more than 40 horses since it was discovered in 1994. Humans contract the disease from horses. There has been no human-to-human transmission of the disease nor direct transmission from bats to humans. Advertisement: Story continues below The majority of outbreaks have occurred during June and October, however last year a horse in Tewantin contracted the virus in May.

Matt Stewart story in the Herald Sun tells of the fairytale of a group of friends, who go back as far as Kindergarten who agreed to buy a racehorse, who is now the fastest horse in the world. OF all the houseboats, on all the rivers this is the one you should have been on. This group of friends should have been yours, this horse they own -- the fastest on earth -- should have been yours, too. If only?

Mark Harding reports in the Weekly Review on the success of Brad Spicer who syndicated Starspangledbanner who became a huge success for the 33 people lucky enough to secure a share in the handsome Choisir colt.

The Melbourne Racing Club will launch a new horse ownership initiative, exclusively for MRC Members, on Saturday at Caulfield. The initiative has been developed to offer Melbourne Racing Club Members the opportunity to experience the thrill of horse ownership including race day owners’ privileges while also providing the opportunity to socialise with fellow Members. Under the banner of the ‘MRC Members’ Horse Club’, all MRC Members automatically become ‘owners’ of two horses leased from Swettenham Stud.