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• Stars outshine whip controversy

  WHEN you see Racing To Win and Hot Danish race you forget about whip controversies, shocking tracks and officials full of their own importance.

   
• Manhattan Rain the best colt I’ve trained

  TOP Sydney trainer Gai Waterhouse has made the staggering statement that her $50million galloper Manhattan Rain is the best colt she has ever trained.

   
• Newcastle carnival has plenty to offer

  ROCKWOOD and Royal Discretion are on track for the Group III Cameron Handicap at Newcastle on Wednesday and I encourage all Punters Club members to attend.

   
• Bookies feeling the Payne

  THE plunge may not have come off yesterday but David Payne is being touted as the best punting stable in the country by a host of Sydney rails bookmakers.

   
• A Hot Danish delight

  HOT Danish, arguably Sydney’s most popular racemare, showed she is ready to break her GroupI jinx this spring with an outstanding win at Rosehill yesterday.

   
• Racing to Win is still a force

  RACING To Win, his grey coat turning whiter by the day, proved he was far from a spent force with a stunning return to form in the Theo Marks Stakes yesterday.

   
• Tinkler gives Dani a lifeline

  FOR mega-rich mining magnate Nathan Tinkler it was nothing more than loose change. But to Australia’s only discus world champion Dani Samuels, it was her lifeline.

   
• Woman rider in strife for hitting another

  GROUP One-winning jockey Nikita Beriman will consider her options after being handed a two-month disqualification for assaulting another female rider.

   
• Gai’s trio could bring some joy

  GAI Waterhouse might have on-going concerns about the welfare of Tuesday Joy but she is expecting big things from Dreamscape, Rock Kingdom and Common Objective.

   
• Whip rule ‘open to cheats’

  HALL of Fame trainer David Hayes believes the current whip riding rules allows “cheats to prosper” and urged the ARB to reconsider its position on the issue.

   
• Sting in tale for poor punters

  AS Australian racing debates new whip laws, it is worth remembering most racehorses respond under the whip and we, the punters and fans, respond to that.

   
• Naming Betezy was erroneous

  ON August 28 2009, we published a story which alleged that an operator for the betting firm Betezy had mistakenly placed a $50,100 bet on a greyhound.

   
• Tuesday’s Main objective

  TUESDAY Joy heads to the trials at Warwick Farm today in preparation for her first-up run in the George Main Stakes. I have three strong chances in the Theo Marks.

   
• Owners who hit jackpot

  RAY Gall and his son Brett are fast becoming known as the owners with the Midas touch. They have shares in six horses and three are stakes winners.

   
• How’s this for serenity

  RACING editor Ray Thomas finds out why Friday Creek has found happiness and form under the expert tutelage of his rider and trainer Anne-Marie Robinson.

   
• Rothesay ready to rock

  ROTHESAY, the forgotten three-year-old of the Sydney carnival, is tuned up for a winning return to the track at Rosehill Gardens tomorrow.

   
• Spring Carnival under the whip

  THE multi-million-dollar Spring Racing Carnival is under threat with jockeys nationwide preparing to take rolling industrial action over the rules on the use of whips.

   
• Jockey’s strike at racing’s heart

  MOST of them have never ridden a horse – yet the eight-member Australian Racing Board is standing firm over its controversial whip laws.

   
• Punters the big winners

  AS Gaming and Racing Minister Kevin Greene was detailing a series of initiatives designed to lift restrictions on NSW bookmakers, jockeys walked out.

   
• Jockeys strike over whip rule

  RACING across the country is in jeopardy this weekend after jockeys went on strike today when their moves to amend the new whip usage rules were rejected.