On International Volunteer Day, Racing and Wagering Western Australia celebrate and acknowledge the immense value and joy GAP volunteers bring to the rehoming program. Vicky, Graham and Roz are three GAP volunteers who consistently take time out of their busy day to support greyhounds who are preparing for adoption. Vicky loves to spend at least […]

Racing and Wagering Western Australia (RWWA) welcomes new leader Karen Farley and farewells long-serving Board Chair Jeff Ovens. Karen is a Senior Appeals Consultant at Legal Aid WA and has taught at UWA, Notre Dame and Murdoch University law schools. She is a member of the Peppermint Grove Shire and chairs the Racing Penalties Appeal […]

The West Australian racing community is saddened by the loss of well-known thoroughbred owner and breeder Ron Sayers. Yarradale Stud owner Ron, who died this week at the age of 70, was a leader in both the racing and mining sectors of WA. He matched business success through his company Ausdrill with racing success and […]

The winning colour in harness racing is teal as leading reinswomen take up the challenge to beat cancer. The Team Teal campaign to support ovarian cancer research runs from 1 February to 15 March 2022 and Western Australian ambassadors Deni Roberts and Emily Suvaljko are looking forward to racing in teal and notching up as […]

The 2022 Perth Cup was a low key and high profile event at the same time. There was a smaller-than-usual crowd of 8000 on course but far greater attention across the state on the first major event in Western Australia requiring proof of vaccination to attend. For race fans, however, the highlight was still the […]

An advanced veterinary imaging centre at Murdoch University will help Western Australian horses stay in top shape. Racing and Wagering Western Australia (RWWA) has partnered with The Animal Hospital at Murdoch University (TAHMU) to bring standing CT and MRI to the horse community, including subsidised scans for thoroughbred and standardbred racehorses. Innovations in CT and […]

Local sport and volunteer groups will lead from start to finish at the TABtouch Toodyay Picnic Race Day on Sunday.  Thanks to Community TAB fundraising, winners from the annual race day on 26 September will be the Toodyay Lions Club, Avon Valley Shotokan Karate Club, the local St John’s Ambulance branch, Toodyay Cricket Club and the Coondle-Nunile Volunteer Bush Fire Brigade.  Toodyay Race Club Chair John […]

Saddle up with The Races WA to feel the thrill of being a jockey in a virtual horse racing experience at the Perth Royal Show. A giant six-metre-round digital racecourse will display virtual racing, allowing showgoers to join in by riding a hobby horse or running alongside the on-screen competitors. The adventurous can also mount […]

A Community TAB $2000 sports grant is opening the way for players to take the field at Cockburn Lakes Amateur Football Club.  The grant will be used to buy new equipment and subsidise fees, enabling the club to offer an accessible local football program for men, women and juniors.  Secretary Lee Nott said the club […]

The annual race day at Mount Magnet Race Club will benefit the local St John’s Ambulance branch through local and Community TAB fundraising on Saturday, 18 September. The Mount Magnet Race Club will be seeking donations on course and Community TAB will match funds up to total of $2000. Club President Debbie Dowden said the […]

Expressions of interest are open for two directors on the Racing and Wagering Western Australia (RWWA) Board. As the peak racing body in Western Australia, RWWA provides strategic direction and leadership to the development, integrity and welfare of the state’s racing industry. RWWA is the controlling authority of thoroughbred, harness and greyhound racing in Western […]

The winners at the annual Coolgardie Cup on Sunday will include the Boulder Scouts Group and Kalgoorlie Lions Club, thanks to racetrack fundraising efforts. The Coolgardie Racing Club will be raising money for the local community groups on course and has teamed up with Community TAB, who will match funds up to $2000. Coolgardie Racing […]

HorsePower Australia (HorsePower) is a community based charitable organisation servicing individuals with diversabilities across the state of Western Australia. Racing and Wagering Western Australia and Community TAB are proud to support The ‘Night at the Races Charity Dinner’, HorsePower Australia’s annual signature event, where people from all walks of life – residents, businesses, community organisations […]

  A new rule of racing is now in effect to support racehorses in retiring from their track careers to new homes. Racing and Wagering Western Australia (RWWA) aims for all healthy and behaviourally sound thoroughbred and standardbred horses to retire to second careers as pleasure or performance horses. To help achieve this, Chief Executive […]

Kalgoorlie-Boulder Racing Club and Community TAB have joined forces to raise funds for Variety – The Children’s Charity WA at their race day on Sunday, 25 July.  Community TAB will be matching funds raised on the day for the charity up to $5000.  Kalgoorlie Boulder Racing Club CEO Brett Snell said the annual fundraising race day had traditionally been an integral part of their community work and among the most successful fundraising events throughout the […]

A Pilbara animal rescue centre will cash in thanks to a Nor West Jockey Club and Community TAB partnership at the annual Roebourne Cup on Saturday, 24 July.  Community TAB will match funds raised on the day for the Saving Animals From Euthanasia (SAFE) rescue centre in Karratha, up to $2000.  The race club will kick off the fundraising by donating 50 cents from every general admission ticket purchased and will have donation tins throughout the course […]

Animal welfare is the central focus of a new website announced by Racing and Wagering Western Australia (RWWA) today. Animal Welfare Manager Dr Anna Smet said the website weareanimalpeople.com.au was a declaration of RWWA’s commitment to the care and wellbeing of racing animals throughout their lives. “The We Are Animal People website is vital to […]

Competitors at the 2021 Community TAB HorsePower Australia Winter Family Fun Day held on Friday 9 July, showed there can be surprisingly little difference between a racehorse and a therapy horse. Held at HorsePower’s Collie centre, few people watching Little Red and Kenny gently carry riders of various abilities through the fun day activities would […]

Like everyone in the racing world, the Bynder family like to be first. The late Ascot racing identity Rod Bynder was Western Australia’s first Aboriginal trainer and first to win a Group One race. His daughter Roz was the first Aboriginal woman in the state to become a jockey. Reflecting on NAIDOC Week 2021, Roz […]

Racing and Wagering Western Australia’s (RWWA) Community TAB has awarded Upper Great Southern Hockey Association with a $2,000 sports grant. The club will use the grant towards commencing a new program called the Wheatbelt Hockey Development Program and the relevant equipment needed to support this. Upper Great Southern Hockey Association Development Officer Rodney Johnson said […]