General News

• New dad Clark jumps aboard Rangi

  TIM Clark will partner Rangirangdoo in the Chipping Norton Stakes (1600m) when Group One racing returns to Warwick Farm.

   
• Little sis out of Mick’s league

  MICK Tubman would love another Chance Bye but he is unlikely to shell out enough cash to buy her little sister.

   
• Chance Bye going for gold

  CHANCE Bye, racing’s fairytale filly, kept the Golden Slipper dream alive with another brilliant speed display in the Silver Slipper at Rosehill Gardens.

   
• Manhattan flops as Monton fires

  MONTON put a rather large dent in the reputations of some high-profile three-year-olds with his upset win in the Group II event over 1400m at Rosehill Gardens.

   
• Slipper bid over if Chance fails

  MICHAEL Tubman has hinted the Golden Slipper dream for Chance Bye could be over unless she wins the Silver Slipper.

   
• Quick tempo to suit Tracy

  PETER Moody is banking on a solid tempo to bring about the best in outstanding mare Typhoon Tracy in the Futurity Stakes.

   
• Singo’s wild about fillies

  JOHN Singleton won’t need super filly More Joyous for the Oaks – he’s got Once Were Wild and Tallow on the classics trail.

   
• Silver Slipper fits Ambers Waltz

  IF THE enthusiasm in trainer John O’Shea’s voice is any indication, Ambers Waltz is set to continue the fillies’ domination.

   
• Studs under threat

  SOME of nation’s biggest thoroughbred studs may withdraw their $1 billion-plus investments in Australian racing if proposed mining developments encroach into the Hunter Valley.

   
• Chasing Tracy in the Futurity

  All the money has come for Typhoon Tracy in the early market betting in Saturdays Futurity Stakes, Iasbet.com are offering a $100 free bet and great odds for the race.

   
• Schweppes Hobartville Stakes Betting Odds

  Punters will be looking at recovering some of their losses from Manhatten Rains previous run which is currently at $2.35, followed by More Than great at $6 and Shoot Out at $6.50.

   
• JRA Stakes Betting Odds

  A relatively open race for this years JRA Stakes at Caulfield with the favourite Velocitea currently at $2.60.

   
• Rokk Ebony Futurity Stakes Betting Odds

  Typhoon Tracy is once again an odds on favourite this Saturday in the Faturity Stakes against the males, although we like the odds of Dao Dao at$4.60.

   
• Dove flies on debut

  TRAINER Kris Lees unearthed another potential Golden Slipper contender when the impeccably bred Dove Lake made a winning debut at Warwick Farm.

   
• Mixed day for apprentices

  TOMMY Berry rode a winning double, Taylor Lovelock-Wiggins just avoided serious injury in a fall and Mitchell Beadman was suspended again at Warwick Farm.

   
• Mines’ cloud over breeding industry

  HUGE open-cut coalmines can be found throughout the Hunter Valley  and are growing at such a rate, they run the risk of hurting the area’s breeding industry.

   
• Grey ghost eyeing off Denman

  OWNER Lloyd Williams is preparing to pay more than $40,000 for the chance to take on Denman in the Group One Australian Guineas.

   
• Dux of barrier school

  GAI Waterhouse believes barrier school has done the trick with super colt Manhattan Rain ahead of the Hobartville Stakes at Rosehill.

   
• Nikolic phone furore

  LEADING jockey Danny Nikolic refused to hand over his mobile phone to stewards as the investigation into a series of his rides took another dramatic twist.

   
• Hugh Solar powered

  HUGH Bowman has chosen to forfeit the Silver Slipper at Rosehill this Saturday in the hope of cementing his position aboard Solar Charged.