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• Beneteau ‘will get trip’

  PAUL Messara is banking on Beneteau’s class to overcome any stamina limitations in the Group One Champagne Stakes.

   
• History bid in Melito’s hands

  TRAINER Gerald Ryan will create race history again if his filly Melito is successful at Royal Randwick today.

   
• Sea of chances in Sydney Cup

  THE scriptwriters have so much material to work with for the $400,000 Schweppes Sydney Cup at Randwick today.

   
• Time for a luck change

  ANTHONY Cummings might be enjoying a career-best season but he could be excused for wondering what might have been if luck had been on his side.

   
• Autumn’s in full bloom

  I CAN’T wait to get to Royal Randwick tomorrow for Sydney Cup day – the final day of the 2010 Sydney Autumn Carnival. The action is sure to be exciting.

   
• I’ve still go it – Cassidy

  JIM Cassidy’s critics are falling into the trap of writing him off yet again – but “The Pumper” has sent a message to his detractors – “It doesn’t worry me.”

   
• Much more than just winning

  THE cruel affliction strikes without warning, leaving a fit, tough thoroughbred in a distressed state and writhing in agony.

   
• More good News for Bart

  IF BART Cummings didn’t have a smile on his face after Yaqubi got the cash at Canterbury midweek, surely the maestro would have enjoyed Latin News’s win.

   
• Bart’s hospital win

  WE ALL knew Bart Cummings was a training genius. Now he has even won a race from his bed in St Vincent’s Hospital, with Yaqubi winning at Canterbury.

   
• Pssst Craig, will you be my hoop

  CRAIG Williams, No. 1 on Gai Waterhouse’s hit list to share her stable riding with Nash Rawiller, is poised to secure successive wins in the Sydney Cup.

   
• No Payne, no gain for Yosei

  MICHELLE Payne never thought too much of Yosei when she was first legged aboard her in a maiden at Benalla in early February.

   
• Rangi headlines Queen Elizabeth field

  DONCASTER Mile winner Rangirangdoo heads a small but select field of nine runners for Saturday’s Group One Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Royal Randwick.

   
• Jockey whip fine cut by $1000

  CHAMPION jockey Michael Rodd has succeeded in having his $2000 fine halved but his conviction for breaching the whip rules stands.

   
• Mic Mac tip top says Hugh

  HUGH Bowman has given Mic Mac a glowing assessment ahead of Saturday’s All Aged Stakes after partnering the four-year-old in a workout at Warwick Farm.

   
• Stay where you are, Pa

  TRAINER Anthony Cummings has urged famous father Bart to remain in hospital to ensure he recovers fully from a heavy dose of influenza.

   
• Sign our get well soon card for Bart

  THE undisputed King of Australian racing has been admitted to hospital and we want our readers to send Bart Cummings a get well message.

   
• Nash to back up on Rangirangdoo

  CHRIS Waller has got his man Nash Rawiller two weeks in a row after Gai Waterhouse failed to nominate Theseo for the Queen Elizabeth Stakes.

   
• Vale to Bart’s gallant Viewed

  VIEWED, the horse that gave Bart Cummings his 12th Melbourne Cup in 2008, has died after complications from a twisted bowel. He was put down on Saturday.

   
• Melbourne Cup winner Viewed dies

  Melbourne Cup winner Viewed has passed away today after suffering a twisted bowel.

   
• Waterhouse has no grudge with Waller

  AS Chris Waller soaked up the elation after Rangirangdoo’s exciting win in the Doncaster, one of the first to congratulate him was Gai Waterhouse.