Breaking

• Segundo racing for trip to England

  EL SEGUNDO can still figure in the placings in Saturday’s $1 million Newmarket Handicap and earn a trip to England, says trainer Colin Little.

   
• Back to the Farm

  LEE Freedman goes back to where it all began when he saddles up talented stayer Speed Gifted in the Chipping Norton Stakes at Warwick Farm.

   
• Bart has Denman doubts

  BART Cummings has joined a chorus of doubters who believe the Australian Guineas this Saturday will expose Denman.

   
• Alcopop keeps Chipping away

  LIGHTLY-raced stayer Alcopop’s first weight-for-age experience was hardly an experience to write home about.

   
• ‘Blacky’ flexes muscles on cue

  NATALIE Rasmussen was enjoying playing second fiddle to Monkey King while preparing Blacks A Fake for Inter Dominion.

   
• O’Shea filly up for Slipper

  SOLAR Charged may regain Golden Slipper favouritism if she can gun down Gai’s “juvenile army” at Warwick Farm.

   
• Shocking history bid

  MELBOURNE Cup winner Shocking may never earn comparisons with greats Makybe Diva and Let’s Elope. But …

   
• Washakie surges up betting

  MONKEY King remains favourite for the Inter Dominion but Blacks A Fake and Washakie are breathing down his neck.

   
• Star galloper Manhattan Rain retired

  MANHATTAN Rain, arguably the most valuable stallion prospect in the southern hemisphere, has been sent to stud.

   
• Gai’s colt a worry for Snowden

  PETER Snowden is wary of a wounded Manhattan Rain as he prepares Denman for the Group One Australian Guineas.

   
• New dad Clark jumps aboard Rangi

  TIM Clark will partner Rangirangdoo in the Chipping Norton Stakes (1600m) when Group One racing returns to Warwick Farm.

   
• Little sis out of Mick’s league

  MICK Tubman would love another Chance Bye but he is unlikely to shell out enough cash to buy her little sister.

   
• Chance Bye going for gold

  CHANCE Bye, racing’s fairytale filly, kept the Golden Slipper dream alive with another brilliant speed display in the Silver Slipper at Rosehill Gardens.

   
• Manhattan flops as Monton fires

  MONTON put a rather large dent in the reputations of some high-profile three-year-olds with his upset win in the Group II event over 1400m at Rosehill Gardens.

   
• Slipper bid over if Chance fails

  MICHAEL Tubman has hinted the Golden Slipper dream for Chance Bye could be over unless she wins the Silver Slipper.

   
• Quick tempo to suit Tracy

  PETER Moody is banking on a solid tempo to bring about the best in outstanding mare Typhoon Tracy in the Futurity Stakes.

   
• Singo’s wild about fillies

  JOHN Singleton won’t need super filly More Joyous for the Oaks – he’s got Once Were Wild and Tallow on the classics trail.

   
• Silver Slipper fits Ambers Waltz

  IF THE enthusiasm in trainer John O’Shea’s voice is any indication, Ambers Waltz is set to continue the fillies’ domination.

   
• Studs under threat

  SOME of nation’s biggest thoroughbred studs may withdraw their $1 billion-plus investments in Australian racing if proposed mining developments encroach into the Hunter Valley.

   
• Dove flies on debut

  TRAINER Kris Lees unearthed another potential Golden Slipper contender when the impeccably bred Dove Lake made a winning debut at Warwick Farm.