General News

• Herculian effort

  BOOKMAKER Robbie Waterhouse found Herculian Prince as a tried racehorse running around in New Zealand but fears the wrong galloper was sent to Sydney to race.

   
• A Mile of lessons

  THE boy from Charleville in outback Queensland was living the dream working alongside some of the legends of racing.

   
• Big wraps for a little package

  THE yearling was small and skinny but there was something about him that kept taking trainer Kerry Parker’s eye.

   
• Prima Nova is Daniel’s big hope

  DANIEL Ganderton hasn’t exactly had a trouble-free existence since arriving in Sydney as Gai Waterhouse’s baby-faced apprentice two years ago.

   
• Theseo boasts Imposing form

  CHAMPION jockey Darren Beadman doesn’t subscribe to the theory that Theseo is disadvantaged dropping back in distance for the Doncaster Mile.

   
• Tom Waterhouse’s late mail

  LEADING bookmaker Tom Waterhouse has got his finger on the pulse with all the latest news on the Sydney Autumn carnival. Check out his tips for Doncaster Day here. 

   
• Gai accepts ‘umpire’s call’

  THEY sat side by side in the Supreme Court  – the horse trainer and her No. 1 stable rider. But tomorrow they will try to destroy each other’s Doncaster dream.

   
• Magic day at Randwick

  ALL sports fans should flock to Royal Randwick tomorrow for one of the best race days on the Australian calendar.

   
• Tracy breaking the mould

  PETER Moody, trainer of champion mare and Emirates Doncaster Mile favourite Typhoon Tracy, is aware of the paradox but can’t understand it.

   
• Targeting another star

  JAY Ford knows he will probably never ride another Takeover Target – but he might have found the next best thing in Brilliant Light.

   
• Waller backs Doncaster trio

  TRAINER Chris Waller’s trio of  Doncaster Mile runners – Danleigh, Rangirangdoo and Triple Honour – might be in top form but there are still doubts over them.

   
• Palacio chases rare double

  PALACIO De Cristal needs to smash a Villiers Stakes hoodoo that stretches nearly 100 years if she is to win the Doncaster Mile at Randwick.

   
• Beirne makes Gai’s week worse

  RATINGS genius Dominic Beirne dismisses Gai Waterhouse’s Theseo as a threat and suggests Typhoon Tracy is poised to seal her greatness in the Doncaster Mile.

   
• Gai takes stewards to court

  SATURDAY’S Emirates Doncaster Mile has been thrown into a state of total confusion after trainer Gai Waterhouse decided to take Racing NSW to the Supreme Court.

   
• Shinn likely to appeal ban

  BLAKE Shinn is considering whether to appeal a careless riding charge that could force him off Melito in the Group One All Aged Stakes at Randwick.

   
• 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.