Breaking

• Snowden sees the big picture

  WHEN Peter Snowden had the heart ripped out of his stable earlier this year, he could have been excused for wondering where his next big-race winner would come from.

   
• Bart can bring home baker’s dozen

  BART Cummings’ jaw dropped when he saw the weight his star stayer Viewed will have to carry in this year’s Melbourne Cup, but says he can still score win number 13.

   
• Piranha sizes up Cameron course

  EPSOM Handicap favourite Black Piranha continued his charge towards the Group Three Cameron Handicap (1300m) with a solid barrier trial at Newcastle.

   
• All eyes on Manhattan Rain

  THE Waterhouse clan, remarkably fresh after celebrating at the Horse of the Year awards, were up at dawn to see $50million colt Manhattan Rain’s crucial trackwork test.

   
• Makybe Diva has third foal

  TRIPLE Melbourne Cup winner Makybe Diva has given birth to her third foal, a filly by Australia’s reigning champion stallion Encosta De Lago – on Friday morning.

   
• Scenic blasts rivals

  SCENIC Blast, the sprint sensation who rose from humble beginnings in Perth to take on the world and win at Royal Ascot, has been crowned Australian Horse of the Year.

   
• Racing crackdown on new blood drug

  RACING NSW chief steward Ray Murrihy has warned that trainers face possible disqualification if their horses test positive to the latest wonder drug.

   
• Another star on the Dubai track

  DENMAN, the Golden Rose winner, is a superstar of the future and as good as his old man Lonhro at the same stage, but enjoy him while you can because he could be in Dubai this time next year.

   
• Denman has Guineas in sights

  THE dust has barely settled following Denman’s devastating Golden Rose triumph but Peter Snowden already has his sight on a possible tilt at the Group One Caulfield Guineas.

   
• Praise for Mic Mac

  DANNY Nikolic declared Memsie Stakes winner Mic Mac a “real star”, but there are still reservations whether he’s a genuine Cox Plate contender.

   
• Metal Bender heartbreak

  DUAL Group One winner Metal Bender is out for the spring carnival after cracking a stifle bone leaving his Melbourne Cup campaign in tatters.

   
• Denman’s a son of a gun

  “HE’S not Lonhro but the similarities between them are spooky.” With those words, trainer Peter Snowden summed up racing’s brightest new star, Denman.

   
• Rose will bloom for Lonhro’s son

  DENMAN, a son of the champion Lonhro, should establish his own reputation by winning today’s $1 million Group One Golden Rose at Rosehill.

   
• Denman will do it for Lonhro

  HIS offspring are winning all over the country, but sire Lonhro is yet to score a Group One. However, trainer Peter Snowden says that can all change today.

   
• Worried Waller voices concerns

  FORM trainer Chris Waller has conceded promising stayer Voice Coach and stablemates Bellagio Wynn and Enzedex Eagle are vulnerable at Rosehill today.

   
• Top jockeys in barrier trial mishap

  NASH Rawiller suffered a broken nose and fellow top jockey Blake Shinn injured his wrists in a dramatic opening heat at the Warwick Farm barrier trials today.

   
• Female fight jockey charged

  GROUP One-winning jockey Nikita Beriman has been charged with misconduct by Racing Victoria stewards after being involved in a fight with another female rider.

   
• Golden boy Hugh eyes fourth Rose

  SYDNEY’S premier jockey Hugh Bowman believes he can further improve his enviable record in the Golden Rose (1400m) on Shell-scrape at Rosehill tomorrow.

   
• Munce all clear to spread wings

  CHRIS Munce’s positive attitude never leaves him. Probably explains why he wears that all-too-familiar smile – win, lose or draw – at the racetrack.

   
• Bookie bitten for $50K in bet gone wrong

  IT IS certain to go down as one of the worst punting blunders of all-time. A mistake which has cost a bookmaker thousands at the expense of punters across the nation.