General News

• Golden boy Hugh eyes fourth Rose

  SYDNEY’S premier jockey Hugh Bowman believes he can further improve his enviable record in the Golden Rose (1400m) on Shell-scrape at Rosehill tomorrow.

   
• Munce all clear to spread wings

  CHRIS Munce’s positive attitude never leaves him. Probably explains why he wears that all-too-familiar smile – win, lose or draw – at the racetrack.

   
• Bookie bitten for $50K in bet gone wrong

  IT IS certain to go down as one of the worst punting blunders of all-time. A mistake which has cost a bookmaker thousands at the expense of punters across the nation.

   
• Hus Der Lieften primed for upset

  HUS Der Lieften might boast some of the best bloodlines of any three-year-old – but he has become the forgotten horse of the $1 million Tooheys Golden Rose.

   
• Whip or not to whip? that’s the question

  KERRIN McEvoy is leading the Golden Rose with 200m to go. Other horses are challenging. What does he do? Get out the whip and risk a ban? Or play it safe and risk losing?  

   
• Rawiller wants to renew Rosehill love

  BRAD Rawiller plans to add another Sydney race to his already successful career when he travels to Rosehill Gardens to ride Phelan Ready in the Golden Rose this Saturday.

   
• Denman comes up roses

  A FAVOURABLE barrier draw has thrust Denman to the top of betting for the $1million Golden Rose at Rosehill Gardens this Saturday and Peter Snowden was delighted.

   
• TAB has loyalty plan

  IMAGINE earning loyalty points as part of a rewards scheme for having a bet on the races or the footy. NSW TAB account punters will soon get that opportunity .

   
• Denman in the box seat

  A FAVOURABLE barrier draw has thrust the Peter Snowden-trained Denman to the top of betting for the $1 million Golden Rose at Rosehill Gardens.

   
• Colless suspended over whip

  TOP jockey Glen Colless is the first Queensland rider to be suspended for contravening the new whip rules.

   
• Calls for changes to whip rules

  CHAMPION jockey Corey Brown says no rider will intentionally flout the new whip rules if there is a close finish to Saturday’s $1 million Golden Rose at Rosehill Gardens.

   
• Johnson inducted to Hall of Fame

  THEY rode five Melbourne Cup winners and claimed 12 Melbourne jockeys premierships between them – and now they share Hall of Fame honours. See who else was inducted:

   
• Johnson inducted to Hall of Fame

  THEY rode five Melbourne Cup winners and claimed 12 Melbourne premierships between them – and now they share Hall of Fame honours. See who else was inducted:

   
• Calls for changes to whip rules

  CHAMPION jockey Corey Brown says no rider will intentionally flout the new whip rules if there is a close finish to Saturday’s $1 million Golden Rose at Rosehill Gardens.

   
• Colless suspended over whip

  TOP jockey Glen Colless is the first Queensland rider to be suspended for contravening the new whip rules.

   
• Apprentices lead the way

  BRISBANE has always been an apprentice’s town, in a racing sense, anyway.

   
• Mic Mac faces stern test

  IT might still be early days in the Melbourne spring carnival but Saturday’s Memsie Stakes will reveal a lot of the landscape which lies ahead.

   
• Waiting game for Hendra trio

  FOR three people who have been exposed to the deadly Hendra virus, every day in hospital is one agonising step closer to being clear of the rare killer.

   
• Shellscrape a starter

  SHELLSCRAPE will take his place in the field for the Golden Rose while connections of More Than Great have elected to bypass the $1million Group One.

   
• A Golden Rose Trusting dilemma

  TRAINER Jason Coyle is without a jockey for boom colt Trusting ahead of the $1million Golden Rose at Rosehill Gardens this Saturday – with two key riders not available.