General News

• Erratic Kossack to be gelded

  CHRIS Waller believes stayer Kossack can emerge from the shadows to be a Group One performer next preparation.

   
• Good News can dull pain

  CON Karakatsanis is hoping News Alert can recover from a badly bruised ankle suffered in a track incident at Caulfield.

   
• O what a feeling for Bart

  HIS spring has included a Caulfield Cup, Cox Plate, Oaks and a Toorak Handicap but Bart Cummings will still take plenty of satisfaction out of winning a $27,000 mid-week race at Canterbury yesterday.

   
• All Silent’s now golden

  BART Cummings and Mark Kavanagh may have stolen the headlines but All Silent’s win in the Patinack Farm Classic has been rated spring’s top showing.

   
• Great bunch of youngsters

  WAYNE Harris needs little time to think of his response when asked what is needed to make a good apprentice.

   
• Denman is pick of Darley crop

  PETER Snowden has no trouble rating Denman the best horse he has trained since taking over at Darley.

   
• Newport may join stars out west

  NEWPORT could be heading to Western Australia, with trainer Paul Perry considering a Perth Cup start.

   
• Mayfield-Smith calls it quits

  BRIAN Mayfield-Smith clearly remembers what the legendary Tommy Smith said to him after he ended his 33-year reign as Sydney’s premier racehorse trainer.

   
• Duo heads west for luck

  ORTENSIA and Gold Salute, two of the unluckiest runners this spring carnival, have headed west and will lead the eastern state contingent for the Perth summer carnival.

   
• TVN, Sky close to striking deal

  FOR  the first time since TVN and Sky Channel became entrenched in hostilities in May 2005, there is a genuine vibe that a resolution can be achieved.

   
• Beadman climbs back in the saddle

  MITCHELL Beadman has vowed to bury the demons of his past by knuckling down to the task of becoming a professional jockey after a turbulent start to his career.

   
• Beadman’s future on line

  IT IS D-day for star young jockey Mitchell Beadman, whose career is expected to go on the line at Racing NSW headquarters.

   
• Zenyatta wins Breeders’ Cup Classic

  ZENYATTA franked her stamp as one of the truly great racehorses when she won the Breeders’ Cup Classic.

   
• Brown gets triple crown

  EVEN Sydney star jockey Corey Brown was shaking his head in disbelief after outsider All American gave him an unprecedented “triple crown”.

   
• Beadman splits with Waller

  THE riding career of Mitchell Beadman hangs in the balance, with a party-boy attitude costing him his position as apprentice for the powerful Chris Waller stable.

   
• All Silent mows down hot field

  ALL Silent has been declared “the next Takeover Target” after he proved he was the nation’s best sprinter with one of the most awesome big-race wins seen in years at Flemington.

   
• Inside the life of Mitch Beadman

  AN emotional Darren and Kim Beadman tell Jessica Halloran about the battle their son Mitchell now faces and how love will see him come back stronger.

   
• Six-month ban for positive test

  STAR apprentice Jamie Quinnell has been banned from riding for six months after he returned a positive test.

   
• So You Think raises stakes

  SO You Think today starts a 12-month journey that might deliver Bart Cummings his 13th Melbourne Cup.

   
• Farewell to Takeover Target

  TAKEOVER Target, one of the most popular horses of them all, begins a national farewell tour at Randwick today.