My babies will surprise at trials
THE two-year-old trials kick off at Randwick tomorrow and I am excited to see how my youngsters perform, there are sure to be plenty of surprise results.
THE two-year-old trials kick off at Randwick tomorrow and I am excited to see how my youngsters perform, there are sure to be plenty of surprise results.
AFTER John Singleton’s recent run of bad luck, even trainer Gai Waterhouse’s boundless optimism didn’t fill him with confidence about More Joyous’s chances.
LEGENDARY trainer Bart Cummings obviously loves a challenge. And he will be in for one if he takes boom youngster So You Think to the Caulfield Guineas.
HEART Of Dreams kept alive his connections’ Cox Plate hopes when he upset favourite Whobegotyou in the Group1 weight for age Underwood Stakes at Caulfield.
MICHAEL Rodd, just days into a comeback after serious injury, concedes he still can’t believe he is riding Group One race favourites Whobegotyou and Raffaello today.
ANTHONY Cummings might still be recovering from recent hip surgery but he is planning on being a pain in his father’s side at Rosehill Gardens today.
I AM off to Melbourne tomorrow to watch exciting colt Manhattan Rain strut his stuff in the Caulfield Guineas Prelude. He will be hard to beat.
HUGH Bowman, winner of the inaugural Bart Cummings Medal, is linking with racing’s living legend in a bid to finally ride in a Melbourne Cup this spring.
THERE is a strong argument to suggest Melito should be attempting to repeat Samantha Miss’ Princess Series clean sweep in Sydney’s three-year-old fillies classics.
IN A coup for Racing NSW, former leading trainer Kerry Jordan has been appointed as a liaison officer for Programming and Handicapping.
IT’S the best field you will see outside the Cox Plate: Saturday’s star-studded Underwood Stakes at Caulfield will boast a record 14 individual Group One winners.
THE GROUP One Flight Stakes is next up for Lovemelikearock after the talented filly scored a dominant win in the Group Three Spring Stakes (1600m) at Newcastle.
STRIKE action by jockeys has been averted, but leading Australian punters are fuming at the compromise deal reached over the contentious new whip laws.  ÂÂ
TWO of Sydney’s most outstanding three-year-olds, Trusting and Manhattan Rain, got a feel of the tricky Caulfield circuit ahead of Saturday’s Guineas Prelude.
THE Australian Jockeys Association and the Australian Racing Board have reached a compromise over the controversial whip rules which sparked a strike last week.
CON Karakatsanis has taken the precaution of nominating Black Piranha for Saturday’s Rosehill races as jockey strikes put tomorrow’s Newcastle meeting in doubt.
JOHN Singleton likes to make dreams reality. This time he wants an equine match made in heaven – mating his mare Tuesday Joy with American super horse Big Brown.
CHAMPION Australian jockey Darren Beadman combined with trainer John Moore to make a brilliant start to the new Hong Kong racing season.
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.
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.