Tinkler ready to quit Warwick Farm as stable rents rise

In the midst of stable rents going up at Randwick, the Australian Jockey Club is set to lose valued client Nathan Tinkler and his Patinack Farm operation from Warwick Farm, reports Craig Young in the Sydney Morning Herald.His report adds: Down south the Victoria Racing Club has slugged Flemington trainers with a rental rise. The change in fees is another burden for owners. It may have been tolerated but not when trainers at both famed venues are complaining about rundown training tracks.While th

In the midst of stable rents going up at Randwick, the Australian Jockey Club is set to lose valued client Nathan Tinkler and his Patinack Farm operation from Warwick Farm, reports Craig Young in the Sydney Morning Herald.

His report adds: Down south the Victoria Racing Club has slugged Flemington trainers with a rental rise. The change in fees is another burden for owners. It may have been tolerated but not when trainers at both famed venues are complaining about rundown training tracks.

While the stable complexes at Flemington cannot be faulted, that's not the case at Randwick where they are rundown to the point that several are health hazards. The type of which rats call home. The landlords have been known to tell trainers who complain at Flemington and Randwick that ''if you don't like it leave''.

Do these people not understand? Without horses there is no racing. Of course, the AJC has a master plan for Randwick. The grand vision is contingent on the $150 million promised by the NSW government when the AJC merges with the Sydney Turf Club. The way things are going - the bickering and the queries over how it should be handled, who ends up with what, how many directors should the super club have, etc - the NSW Labor government will be tossed out at next year's election and the Liberals will be in power.

No $150m and no promise of $25m for the STC. The Libs will argue the state is broke. Schools, hospitals, roads and the like all need funding. Why should racing be given a handout? Many will tell you it does all right already. So those doing the merging had better get the deal done and the promised millions, apparently being handed over with no need to pay back, safely in the bank.