General News

• Munce clear after hospital dash

  CHRIS Munce was lucky to escape serious injury at Ipswich after getting thrown off Shabroushka in the barriers.

   
• Gai puts Theseo to test

  THESEO was given a testing gallop before dawn at Randwick in his final serious hitout ahead of the Doncaster Mile.

   
• No stopping the Typhoon

  PETER Moody has declared a wide barrier and big weight won’t stop Typhoon Tracy winning the Doncaster Mile.

   
• Doncaster tug-of-war over Rawiller

  A DONCASTER tug-of-war has erupted over the services of star jockey Nash Rawiller.
  

   
• Wanted retired to stud

  TRAINER Peter Moody has confirmed Newmarket Handicap winner Wanted has run his last race.

   
• Tug of war for in-form Nash

  NASH Rawiller was caught in the middle of a Doncaster Mile tug of war when trainers Gai Waterhouse and Chris Waller both wanted the top jockey.

   
• Melito to pass up US invite

  MELITO is unlikely to contest the US Breeders Cup later this year despite her brilliant TJ Smith Stakes win.

   
• Typhoon set to blow through Mile

  PETER Moody was originally worried a lightly weighted three-year-old could steal the Doncaster from Typhoon Tracy.

   
• Ortensia to rule Galaxy

  TONY Noonan is confident Ortensia can continue the winning run of interstate raiders in the Group One Galaxy (1100m).

   
• Grand National carnage

  THE Grand National is famous for its brutal toll on runners and this year was no different. See the incredible pics

   
• It’s all white Pup

  MAN of the moment Michael Clarke made his way out to Royal Randwick yesterday to enjoy the delights of Derby Day.

   
• Melito magic and a jinx for Danish

  TRAINER Gerald Ryan broke a four-year Group I drought when Melito extended Hot Danish’s big race jinx in TJ Smith Stakes (1200m) at Royal Randwick yesterday.

   
• Derby goes to Shoot Out

  FROM winning the card at Boulia in outback Queensland one week, to leading in the Derby winner at Randwick the next, what a ride it’s been for Shoot Out’s owners.

   
• Mighty Michelle Payne

  MICHELLE Payne became the first female jockey in 178 years of racing at Randwick to ride a Group I winner, driving Yosei to victory in the Sires Produce.

   
• Why this roughie can win Derby

  HE picked the Slipper winner for us. Now Sydney’s top ratings expert has earmarked this outsider to win today’s Derby.

   
• Shoot Out will stay the trip

  JOHN Wallace is convinced Shoot Out will run a strong 2400m in the AJC Australian Derby at Randwick today.

   
• Classic staying with Bart

  PAUL Whelan, breeder and part-owner of Rock Classic, has two simple words for those doubting his Derby chance.

   
• How O’Shea nearly lost Zabrasive

  JOHN O’Shea needed to buy some time. The syndication company he was training for had just collapsed.

   
• Bart finds his horse and we’re racing

  IT IS to be hoped that Bart Cummings, with $50,000 slow-burning his pocket, is as wise as his eyebrows suggest.

   
• Tom Waterhouse’s late mail

  CHECK out all of Tom Waterhouse’s late mail for the Sydney Autumn carnival at Randwick, including More Strawberries.