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Valuable colt Capitalist has passed a veterinarian inspection after a lead-up gallop to the $3.5 million Golden Slipper. A one-time favourite to win the race for two-year-olds at Rosehill on …
Continue reading Vet inspection for 2016 Golden Slipper coltChampion broodmare Parfore has died aged 18 at Segenhoe Stud in the NSW Hunter Valley. Parfore is the dam of Australian Group One winners Terravista and Tiger Tees and Group …
Continue reading Parfore dies aged 18Lightly raced Chavuma is entered for the Bendigo Guineas but trainer Brendan McCarthy favours running the gelding in midweek company at Sandown. Chavuma ran second at the track last month …
Continue reading Sandown over Bendigo Guineas for ChavumaKris Lees and Christian Reith will be out to shock the autumn carnival’s biggest names for a second time when they team up with an outsider in the Newmarket Handicap …
Continue reading Lees, Reith chase more success in Newcastle Newmarket Handicap 2016Mick Price is holding all the Golden Slipper aces after the Melbourne trainer’s two high-profile colts drew inside barriers for the $3.5 million race. Extreme Choice and Flying Artie have …
Continue reading Mick Price’s confidant he will win Golden Slipper 2016Superstar Wallabies flanker David Pocock has re-signed with the Australian Rugby Union and Brumbies for three years, but will take a sabbatical from the game in 2017. The 27-year-old will …
Continue reading Pocock re-signs with ARU and BrumbiesAn outburst directed at a steward has cost Greg Ryan the chance to ride in the $400,000 Country Championship at Randwick. Second on the all-time Australian winners’ list only to …
Continue reading Jockey Greg Ryan outed on conduct chargeAndrew Noblet is looking to stretch Silent Sedition out in distance with a shot at a Group One race in the trainer’s sights for the filly. Silent Sedition returned to …
Continue reading SA Oaks 2016 on radar for Silent SeditionMelbourne trainer Mick Price has strengthened his hold on the Golden Slipper with luck deserting the Godolphin team at the barrier draw. Unlike the Blue Diamond Stakes in which the …
Continue reading Mixed fortunes for Golden Slipper 2016 stablesChris Waller doesn’t have a Golden Slipper runner, but he does have the star attraction at Rosehill. Winx is odds-on to extend her winning run to eight in Saturday’s George …
Continue reading Winx to extend winning run against 2016 George Ryder Stakes FieldThe investigative body created to fight corruption in tennis has denied claims it has been ignoring evidence of match-fixing, saying it has been trying to obtain information from Italian prosecutors. …
Continue reading We haven’t ignored fixing evidence: TIUGeelong legend Steve Johnson admits it was a wrench to leave the Cats but now he craves to help deliver Greater Western Sydney an historic AFL premiership. As a three-time …
Continue reading Stevie J has eyes on the price at GiantsFew will miss Sisa Waqa more when he leaves the NRL for French rugby than Canberra teammate Edrick Lee. The winger has been picking Waqa’s brain ever since he arrived …
Continue reading Raider Lee sees chance to spread his wingsThe NSW Waratahs won’t stand in Kurtley Beale’s way as odds firm on the Wallabies’ star backline utility packing his bags for Europe at season’s end. Beale is weighing up …
Continue reading Waratahs won’t stand in Beale’s wayThe NRL will face a test on at least two fronts when David Klemmer and Joseph Leilua front the judiciary on Wednesday night. Canterbury forward Klemmer will test the NRL’s …
Continue reading NRL face test on referee contact, punchingQueensland State of Origin great Ben Ikin fears Billy Slater’s rugby league career as we know it may be over. Ruled out of 2016 NRL season on Monday with another …
Continue reading Ikin fears Slater will never be the sameJeremy Cameron’s four-week AFL suspension leaves GWS without their star forward for a challenging start to the season. The tribunal jury handed down the heavy penalty after Cameron pleaded guilty …
Continue reading GWS lose star for challenging AFL start
