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Trainer Steve Tregea is bewildered by the rating handicap system which has made smart sprinter Love Rocks one of the topweights in a stakes race at Doomben. Love Rocks has …
Continue reading Weighty task for Love Rocks in Keith Noud Handicap 2014Count Of Limonade will head for the spelling paddock irrespective of how he races in the Ballarat Cup. An Irish-bred son of Duke Of Marmalade, Count Of Limonade is part-owned …
Continue reading OTI Racing chasing more big spring success in Ballarat Cup 2014Sam Clipperton started his senior riding career by setting himself a challenge. At the beginning of the season, the 20-year-old vowed to lay the foundations that he hoped would eventually …
Continue reading Hard work paying off for Sam ClippertonA highlight of the stand-alone Ballarat Cup meeting will be the Magic Millions Clockwise Classic. Open to two-year-olds purchased at Magic Millions sales around Australia, the race is run in …
Continue reading First-starter Eclat right for reverse way in Magic Millions Clockwise Classic 2014Three-year-old filly Hakkasan lived up to trainer Bruce Hill’s high rating when she caused an upset at the Gold Coast on Wednesday. The Sun Up Solar Handicap (1100m) was expected …
Continue reading Outsider Hakkasan in Gold Coast surpriseJockeys are banned from using mobile phones at the racetrack but stewards made a supervised exception for James McDonald at Canterbury on Wednesday. Offered the mount on star Singapore galloper …
Continue reading McDonald makes SOS call for Spalato rideTrainer Danny Curran finally posted his first Sandown winner when Written Dash was successful on Wednesday. And later in the day jockey Casey Bruce landed her first official city success …
Continue reading Trainer, jockey celebrate Sandown firstsRoger Federer, whose back injury has cast serious doubts over his Davis Cup final spot, has practiced for the first time since this week in a timely boost for the …
Continue reading Swiss boost as Federer practicesFormula One driver Jules Bianchi has been brought out of an artificial coma and arrived back in France nearly seven weeks after his near-fatal crash at the Japanese Grand Prix. …
Continue reading Bianchi out of coma, back in FranceThe Welsh backs aren’t exactly sleeping like babies as they figure out how they will cope with new father Sonny Bill Williams. Williams is poised to be restored at inside …
Continue reading SBW factor weighing on Welsh mindsMichael Cheika’s coaching history in Ireland is adding an element of intrigue to preparations for this weekend’s Test match in Dublin. The Wallabies coach spent half a decade working in …
Continue reading Wallabies, Ireland vie for inside edgeAaron Finch believes fierce competition for World Cup berths is helping Australia, as they seek to complete a series win over South Africa in Melbourne on Friday. Finch on Wednesday …
Continue reading World Cup berths driving Aussies: FinchAB de Villiers wants his teammates to get outside their comfort zone as South Africa’s World Cup reconnaissance mission ramps up in Melbourne. The Proteas face Australia in a one-day …
Continue reading SAfrica learning lessons from series: ABAdam Scott is hoping to get off to a flying start on the tricky Metropolitan golf course in Melbourne as he bids to win a record third successive Australian Masters …
Continue reading Scott aiming for fast start in MastersCreating a positive vibe about playing in Cardiff is driving the All Blacks to finish the season on a bright note. The Welsh capital is the scene of their last …
Continue reading All Blacks seek winning vibe in CardiffGeorge Ford is set to make his first Test start after being selected at five-eighth in a revamped England side to play Samoa at Twickenham on Saturday. Ford, all of …
Continue reading England call on Ford for Samoa clashFormer Pakistan captain turned commentator Ramiz Raja has criticised the lobbying for the return of banned paceman Mohammad Aamer, banned for spot-fixing, saying his return would expose the team to …
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