General News

• Aussie jocks shine in Hong Kong

  CHAMPION Australian jockey Darren Beadman combined with trainer John Moore to make a brilliant start to the new Hong Kong racing season.

   
• Tuesday Joy retired to stud

  CHAMPION mare Tuesday Joy has been retired to stud, The Daily Telegraph has learned. Trainer Gai Waterhouse confirmed today the horse had run her last race.

   
• Doors open for whip talks

  THE Australian Racing Board has offered an olive branch to the nation’s jockeys by agreeing to open further discussions on the controversial whip rules.

   
• Stars outshine whip controversy

  WHEN you see Racing To Win and Hot Danish race you forget about whip controversies, shocking tracks and officials full of their own importance.

   
• Manhattan Rain the best colt I’ve trained

  TOP Sydney trainer Gai Waterhouse has made the staggering statement that her $50million galloper Manhattan Rain is the best colt she has ever trained.

   
• Newcastle carnival has plenty to offer

  ROCKWOOD and Royal Discretion are on track for the Group III Cameron Handicap at Newcastle on Wednesday and I encourage all Punters Club members to attend.

   
• Bookies feeling the Payne

  THE plunge may not have come off yesterday but David Payne is being touted as the best punting stable in the country by a host of Sydney rails bookmakers.

   
• A Hot Danish delight

  HOT Danish, arguably Sydney’s most popular racemare, showed she is ready to break her GroupI jinx this spring with an outstanding win at Rosehill yesterday.

   
• Racing to Win is still a force

  RACING To Win, his grey coat turning whiter by the day, proved he was far from a spent force with a stunning return to form in the Theo Marks Stakes yesterday.

   
• Tinkler gives Dani a lifeline

  FOR mega-rich mining magnate Nathan Tinkler it was nothing more than loose change. But to Australia’s only discus world champion Dani Samuels, it was her lifeline.

   
• Woman rider in strife for hitting another

  GROUP One-winning jockey Nikita Beriman will consider her options after being handed a two-month disqualification for assaulting another female rider.

   
• Gai’s trio could bring some joy

  GAI Waterhouse might have on-going concerns about the welfare of Tuesday Joy but she is expecting big things from Dreamscape, Rock Kingdom and Common Objective.

   
• Whip rule ‘open to cheats’

  HALL of Fame trainer David Hayes believes the current whip riding rules allows “cheats to prosper” and urged the ARB to reconsider its position on the issue.

   
• Sting in tale for poor punters

  AS Australian racing debates new whip laws, it is worth remembering most racehorses respond under the whip and we, the punters and fans, respond to that.

   
• Sportsbet.com.au Weekend Betting Review

  Spring is certainly in the air with 6 group races across Melbourne and Sydney this weekend.

   
• Naming Betezy was erroneous

  ON August 28 2009, we published a story which alleged that an operator for the betting firm Betezy had mistakenly placed a $50,100 bet on a greyhound.

   
• Tuesday’s Main objective

  TUESDAY Joy heads to the trials at Warwick Farm today in preparation for her first-up run in the George Main Stakes. I have three strong chances in the Theo Marks.

   
• Owners who hit jackpot

  RAY Gall and his son Brett are fast becoming known as the owners with the Midas touch. They have shares in six horses and three are stakes winners.

   
• How’s this for serenity

  RACING editor Ray Thomas finds out why Friday Creek has found happiness and form under the expert tutelage of his rider and trainer Anne-Marie Robinson.

   
• Rothesay ready to rock

  ROTHESAY, the forgotten three-year-old of the Sydney carnival, is tuned up for a winning return to the track at Rosehill Gardens tomorrow.