General News

• Hendra ‘cases’ to be released

  FOUR people admitted to hospital with suspected Hendra virus are set to be discharged today as authorities continue testing at-risk horses and humans.

   
• Why I chose Metal Bender

  HUGH Bowman was faced with one of the toughest decisions of his riding career – link with emerging superstar Metal Bender or stick with the grey champ Racing To Win.

   
• O’Lonhro punching above his weight

  O’Lonhro can build on Team Hawkes’ winning momentum by successfully making the leap to weight-for-age in the  Warwick Stakes (1400m) at Randwick on Saturday.

   
• Valley test for Caviar

  EXCITING filly Black Caviar goes to Moonee Valley first-up on Saturday as a test for richer long-range targets.

   
• Course decision a good one

  TONY Crane is pretty pleased with his decision to apply for stables on course at Eagle Farm.

   
• Beauty surges to Cup favouritism

  IRISH staying star Profound Beauty, fifth in the great race last year, has rocketed to Melbourne Cup favouritism after an easy win at Leopardstown in Ireland.

   
• Typhoon Tracy to blow them away

  UNBEATEN mare Typhoon Tracy could prove the day’s best bet when she steps out in the weight-for-age Liston Stakes at Caulfield this afternoon.

   
• Mentality & Kroner in dead heat

  MENTALITY and Kroner couldn’t be separated as Golden Slipper hero Phelin Ready kept finding trouble in the Premiere Stakes at Rosehill Gardens.

   
• Dawn raid yields fine

  DAVID Payne might have trained a winning treble at Rosehill  Gardens but it wasn’t all smooth sailing for the South African born trainer yesterday.

   
• Acquired wins amid camera chaos

  ACQUIRED landed a spectacular $1million plunge when he scored a highly controversial win in the ClubsNSW Handicap (1100m) at Rosehill yesterday.

   
• Sour taste over Rawiller tactics

  ON A day when all talk at the track should have been about Denman and Predatory Pricer, all the punters at Rosehill wanted to know what happened with Empire Place.

   
• Predatory’s price is right

  PREDATORY Pricer has rocketed to the top of betting for the Caulfield Cup following his slashing win first-up in the Liston Stakes at Caulfield on Saturday.

   
• Sky raising stakes

  RACING’S television wars – simmering for the past nine months – are about to boil over with Sky Channel set to announce its own premium thoroughbred channel.

   
• Beauty surges to Cup favouritism

  IRISH staying star Profound Beauty, fifth in the great race last year, has rocketed to Melbourne Cup favouritism after an easy win at Leopardstown in Ireland.

   
• Phelan Ready for action

  PHELAN Ready can outdo some of the great Golden Slipper winners in history if he can win the Group Two $150,000 Premiere Stakes (1200m) at Rosehill Gardens today.

   
• Fears of Hendra virus mutation

  SCIENTISTS have discovered the deadly Hendra virus is different from region to region in Queensland, and there are fears it could mutate into a more dangerous form.

   
• Predatory Pricer arrives

  PREDATORY Pricer confirmed he had arrived as a genuine spring contender when he made a successful early raid on the Group 2 Liston Stakes.

   
• Tackling his own age

  A PRAGMATIC David Payne says immaturity was the reason for his decision not to start More Than Great in the Premiere Stakes.

   
• Broc ‘n’ Roll a star

  IN 1998 Queensland owner David Devine gave trainer Kelso Wood a $100,000 commission to buy him a yearling at the Sydney Easter sales.

   
• Test for Phelan Ready

  THE Premiere Stakes honour board does not include many three-year-olds but the betting signal is clear – Golden Slipper winner Phelan Ready is a $3 favourite.