Breaking

• Size doesn’t matter, says trainer

  CHRIS Nutt concedes Elite Blue Size is the quickest dog in tonight’s National Derby at The Gardens but believes his finalist, St Pierre can cause an upset.

   
• New guard rises

  FOR the first time in 17 years, a Waterhouse or Hawkes won’t be Sydney’s champion trainer. That is the opinion of Sydney bookmaker Col Tidy.

   
• Hail the class of superstars

  DENMAN is already being compared to former champions Lonhro and Octagonal. So You Think has won the Cox Plate and is rated as Bart Cummings’ next superstar.

   
• Typhoon all the rage

  THE shorts odds offered super mare Typhoon Tracy hasn’t stopped punters investing heavily on her to win the C.F. Orr Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield.

   
• Serial offender gets six months

  VETERAN trainer Leon Corstens has been suspended for six months after being found to have brought a horse to the races with a banned substance in its system.

   
• Munce will move back to first base

  CHAMPION jockey Chris Munce has decided to put his family first and will relocate to Brisbane later this year, The Daily Telegraph has learnt.

   
• I want my third Cup

  THERE are still 272 days to wait for the Melbourne Cup but already trainers and owners the world over are lining up to win it. Including Irish genius Dermot Weld.

   
• Demerit excites Snowden

  DEMERIT may not have the profile of his superstar stablemate Denman but that could change by the end of the Sydney autumn carnival.

   
• Cups King spends up at Karaka

  BART Cummings has spent up big on the opening day of the Karaka Premier Yearling sale in New Zealand.

   
• Shocking to go to new heights

  MELBOURNE Cup winner Shocking will make his return to racing this Saturday, with jockey Michael Rodd adamant the stayer is still nowhere near his best.

   
• Silent partner for Newmarket

  JOCKEY Nicholas Hall has retained the ride on star sprinter All Silent for the Group One Newmarket Handicap.

   
• City can wait for boy wonder

  YOUNG apprentice Tim Bell’s star may be rising fast, but the 16-year-old is in no rush to make a permanent move to Sydney.

   
• Nicconi wins Lightning Stakes

  DAVID Hayes can’t wait to take on the world’s best sprinters at Royal Ascot with Nicconi, who scored a stunning win in the Lightning Stakes.

   
• Friday on my mind

  IT may not have eventuated this summer but expect to see Friday night racing at Canterbury Park next season with harness likely to shift to Saturday evenings.

   
• Wonder likely for Waterloo

  HIDDEN Wonder can continue her unbeaten run for trainer Kris Lees at Randwick today – the only problem is which race?

   
• Autumn looking good for Rain

  BEWARE Denman, So You Think and Black Caviar – there’s another three-year-old ready to muscle in on the big-race action.

   
• Let the Lights shine

  GLEN Boss says Irish Lights “could be anything” in today’s Group One $500,000 Lightning Stakes (1000m) at Flemington.

   
• On the road for a superstar

  SALES season is more like silly season for trainers as we travel the country trying to find the next champion.

   
• Stable setback a spur for Cummings

  LOSING the backing of one of the country’s wealthiest owners could easily turn a trainer’s career sour. Not Anthony Cummings.

   
• George rides into the sunset

  GEORGE Hanlon, trainer of three Melbourne Cup winners and a string of champion racehorses, has passed away.