John-Paul Moloney Racing writing for The Canberra Times reports on a ray of hope for Canberra's racing industry. In recent months the ACT has battled news of the shocking spinal injury sustained in a race fall by jockey Ray Silburn, some atrocious weather conditions which have seen two meetings cancelled at Queanbeyan in the space of a week, and the shock suspension of racing in Canberra from the start of July because of the lack of adequate insurance cover for jockeys after the expiration of the Canberra Racing Club's old policy.

Finally some good news it would seem - Thoroughbred Park looks like it will see a return to racing by the end of August after the Club received conditional approval to operate under Racing NSW's jockey insurance policy.

The Race Club will need to satisfy some OHS requirements and NSW WorkCover will need to agree to amend some of its regulations to allow the transfer of insurance coverage... but hopefully the wheels are at least in motion.

Meanwhile it looks as if Goulburn will absorb some additional race meetings.