General News

• All Silent off to Hong Kong

  GRAHAME Begg has dismissed suggestions All Silent could struggle to reproduce his best form in Hong Kong.

   
• Keepin’ The Dream alive

  KEEPIN’ The Dream is set to continue his winning momentum in the Listed $150,000 Gosford Quarries Gosford Gold Cup.

   
• Great expectations for bright star

  BRIGHTEXPECTATIONS, our outstanding Punters Club galloper, has returned home in fine fettle from his first experience of Melbourne racing

   
• Party over as Brown returns

  THE Melbourne Cup is still a blur but for top Sydney jockey Corey Brown the future has never been clearer.

   
• Spinney will run distance

  PETER Snowden believes Spinney is perfectly placed for a strong showing in the $150,000 Gosford Cup on Wednesday.

   
• Railway from Perth to Honkers

  TRAINER Mark Riley is hoping for a change in fortune for Gold Salute in Saturday’s $1million Railway Stakes.

   
• Zipping’s Classic triple

  ZIPPING’S third straight win in the Sandown Classic will long be remembered by owner Lloyd Williams, trainer Rob Hickmott and jockey Michael Rodd.

   
• Verballed shapes as stakes filly

  A WEDDING in Adelaide kept trainer Neville Voigt from Rosehill yesterday, but you can guarantee he’ll be trackside when promising filly Verballed returns in the autumn.

   
• Numbers game has Gai behind

  GAI Waterhouse is positioned behind the eight ball in the Sydney premiership race – and she knows it. She has won the past two titles but is now running fourth.

   
• Snowden rules at Sandown

  PUNTERS have pinned their hopes on Peter Snowden at Sandown with Purple and Kidnapped both heavily backed.

   
• 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.