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• Pinwheel flogs the opposition

  HIS dad was a superstar, he started a short-priced favourite and won by almost five lengths, but still trainer Peter Snowden refuses to talk up Pinwheel.

   
• Bell rings in new year

  TRAINER Peter Snowden rated the ride a “12 out of 10” after teenage sensation Timothy Bell produced another starring performance at Rosehill yesterday.

   
• Diva queen of the decade

  RACING editor Ray Thomas highlights the stars of the turf from the past 10 years, including Makybe Diva, Sunline and Northerly.

   
• Con is going for gold

  TWELVE months ago Con Karakatsanis secured his first black-type win with Black Piranha in the Listed Goldmarket on the Gold Coast.

   
• Hawkes ready to celebrate

  TEAM Hawkes is banking on their recent winning momentum to roll into the new year and snare a feature-race double in two states today.

   
• Gai flexes muscle

  GAI Waterhouse may not even win a race but will start the new year with a show of stable strength at Randwick today, with Rabbuka, More Joyous and Theseo all on display.

   
• Snowden’s on a roll

  DARLEY supremo Peter Snowden’s mid-season winning surge could take him to the top of the Sydney trainers premiership.

   
• New boy Looker hits his straps

  IT was all happening for Gai Waterhouse’s new apprentice Ben Looker in a bumper day at Royal Randwick.

   
• Cassidy out, Bowman in

  JIM Cassidy’s decision to cop a five-meeting suspension on the chin is likely to gift Hugh Bowman the ride on Love Conquers All in the 3YO Magic Millions Trophy.

   
• Randwick’s Solar Charged light show

  SOLAR Charged – likely pre-post favourite for the Golden Slipper – lit up Royal Randwick on a balmy summer morning.

   
• All Silent to stay down south

  SYDNEY sprint star All Silent has arrived in Melbourne, on the same flight as American speedster Cannonball.

   
• Daniel on comeback mission

  APPRENTICE Daniel Ganderton is hoping to finally make a return to the saddle aboard Magic Millions-bound Deer Valley.

   
• Gun sprinters tackle US raider

  A GALLERY of Aussie sprinters are being fine-tuned to ensure US galloper Cannonball enjoys a baptism of fire in the Group One Lightning Stakes at Flemington.

   
• King kept for Classic

  DAVID Payne will hold Winter King back from the Carrington Stakes at Randwick in favour of the Canterbury Classic.

   
• Bowman’s trip not Wasted

  HUGH Bowman will still travel to New Zealand for the Railway Handicap despite the loss of sprinter Wasted Emotions.

   
• Coast clear for Magic Munce

  CHRIS Munce will make a return to Queensland racing when he rides Demanding Miss in the Magic Millions Classic.

   
• Corey keeps job after Kiwi flop

  COREY Brown will take the ride on Ambers Waltz in the $2million Magic Millions Classic at the Gold Coast despite turning his back on the top filly last Saturday.

   
• Shinn snares feature race double

  SYDNEY jockey Blake Shinn gave Brisbane racegoers a glimpse of his limitless talent when he produced two masterly rides to win the feature race double at Doomben.

   
• Moraitis to ring that Bell

  BABY-FACED apprentice Timothy Bell, 16, is under consideration for the mount on Love Conquers All in next month’s $1 million Magic Millions Trophy on the Gold Coast.

   
• Cassidy boots home Solid Billing

  VETERAN jockey Jimmy Cassidy launched a scathing attack on Racing NSW stewards, claiming there are double standards imposed, threatening to quit as a result.