General News

• Sydney pride on the line

  THE last time Sydney’s two best-performed racehorses were in Melbourne, one was a hack and the other virtually limped off Moonee Valley with his tail between his legs.

   
• Sky is racing ahead

  SKY Racing is set to launch a new showcase thoroughbred channel as part of an expanded television coverage of racing’s three codes, The Daily Telegraph can reveal.

   
• I’ll storm Caulfield with Rain

  AFTER dominating Sydney’s biggest spring race day, Gai Waterhouse now has her sights on Melbourne glory – starting with the $1million Caulfield Guineas this Saturday.

   
• Williams facing costly suspension

  CRAIG Williams, Melbourne’s premier jockey for the past four years, faces a spring-defining stewards inquiry tomorrow, one which could cost him $250,000 in prizemoney.

   
• Penalty a Speed gift

  SPEED Gifted has been penalised 2kg for his runaway win in The Metropolitan, virtually guaranteeing a start in the Caulfield and Melbourne Cups.

   
• Ryan back with Rock-solid win

  TRAINER looks to have unearthed a potential Group One contender in The Rock, an impresssive winner of the Lonhro Handicap over 1400m at Warwick Farm.

   
• Group One Gai dominates again

  TRAINER Gai Waterhouse continues to make Epsom Handicap Day her own, winning another two Group One races in a dominant showing at soggy Royal Randwick.

   
• Melbourne Cup next for Speed Gifted

  TRAINER Lee Freedman is eyeing a sixth Melbourne Cup with dashing stayer Speed Gifted – and top jockey Corey Brown wants to go along for the ride.

   
• Ford shifts focus to new targets

  JOCKEY Jay Ford proved there is life after champion galloper Takeover Target by riding Monaco Consul to a brilliant win the Group One Spring Champion Stakes.

   
• Lockout causes chaos at track

  RANDWICK’S attendance record stands at 93,000 but the Australian Jockey Club was forced to shut the gates with just 15,633 racegoers inside due to overcrowding.

   
• Rangi turns heads

  TRAINER Chris Waller has heard all the reasons why Rangirangdoo can’t win today’s $350,000 Epsom Handicap at Randwick, but it hasn’t shaken his confidence.

   
• Myrtle the miler

  HURTLE Myrtle has been chasing glamour fillies More Joyous and Melito to no avail this spring. So why is trainer Matthew Smith confident for the Flight Stakes at Randwick today?

   
• Gai set to star on Epsom Day

  EPSOM Handicap Day could easily be renamed “Gai Waterhouse Day”, such has been her feature race dominance in recent years.

   
• Grand finale in field of fashions

  THE NRL Grand Final may be on Sunday but Super Saturday is just as exciting at Royal Randwick, with four Group One races to be contested.

   
• Rock out to bury hoodoo

  LOVEMELIKEAROCK will need to rewrite the record books to win the Group One $300,000 Inglis Spring Champion Stakes (2000m) at Royal Randwick tomorrow.

   
• Bookies not so keen on Speed Gifted

  SPEED Gifted is set to land a nationwide betting plunge if he is to win the Group One Metropolitan Handicap at Royal Randwick tomorrow.

   
• Gai set to star on Epsom Day

  EPSOM Handicap Day could easily be renamed “Gai Waterhouse Day”, such has been her feature race dominance in recent years. The trend is set to continue today.

   
• Cassidy recovering after finger surgery

  CHAMPION jockey Jim Cassidy is recovering after undergoing lengthy surgery to repair two fingers he nearly severed in a gardening accident.

   
• Gary proves he’s a Streetfighter

  THEY call their big thoroughbred Streetfighter, but the ultimate fighter in the family will just be a day out of hospital when the horse runs at Randwick.

   
• Cassidy to have surgery

  CHAMPION jockey Jimmy Cassidy will undergo delicate surgery early today after almost severing two of his fingers in a horror gardening accident at his Sydney home.