Spirit Of Boom has never won at Doomben but trainer Tony Gollan is confident that can change as the six-year-old prepares to bow out of racing to embark on a …
Continue reading 2014 Doomben 10,000: Odds suggest Spirit Of Boom to break duckEndless Rough Habit Plate replays have convinced trainer Helen Page to press on with Queensland Derby plans for Rudy. Rudy takes his next step to the Derby on June 7 …
Continue reading Grand Prix Stakes 2014: Page’s Queensland Derby vision for RudyA Brisbane Cup start will be a reward should one of Chris Waller’s five WJ McKell Cup runners give Sydney’s leading trainer his first win in the off-season staying race …
Continue reading Brisbane Cup 2014 incentive for Waller WJ McKell Cup teamShoreham will get his first shot at the Flemington 3200 metres on Saturday in what trainer Saab Hasan hopes can be a precursor to a dream Melbourne Cup start later …
Continue reading Andrew Ramsden Stakes 2014: Weight only concern for Shoreham: HasanBlack Caviar’s half-sister Belle Couture will have two gear changes when she tries to bounce back from a last-start failure at Flemington. The three-year-old was fractious in the barriers and …
Continue reading Gear changes for Black Caviar’s sister at Flemington racecourseThe latest import to find his way into Tulloch Lodge could challenge Makybe Diva’s sister as the most promising stayer to emerge from the WJ McKell Cup meeting at Randwick. …
Continue reading WJ McKell Cup 2014 day: Excess Knowledge makes Australian debutTrainer Kelly Schweida has forgiven Cape Kidnappers his last-start failure and it appears punters have too with the gelding the early favourite for the Chief de Beers Handicap. Cape Kidnappers …
Continue reading Chief de Beers Handicap 2014: Cape Kidnappers to bounce backThe Mike Moroney-trained Garud will be on trial for a Queensland trip when he chases what would be a fitting victory on Andrew Ramsden Stakes day at Flemington. Garud runs …
Continue reading Ipswich Cup 2014: Garud on trial for trip to QueenslandPunters are hoping Queensland champion Buffering can register his first home-state Group 1 win this weekend and have made him favourite in early markets for Saturday’s G1 Doomben 10,000. He …
Continue reading Doomben 10,000 2014 Field, Tips and OddsFor Western Force scrumhalf Alby Mathewson, wins are nice; but happiness is everything. So the former All Black was over the moon this week when the Australian Rugby Union gave …
Continue reading Kiwi Mathewson happy to call Force homeThe Melbourne Renegades have bolstered their top order batting with Callum Ferguson joining from the Adelaide Strikers in the first trade executed in the Big Bash League. BBL trade week …
Continue reading Callum Ferguson joins BBL RenegadesNew Zealand coach Mike Hesson says cricket’s ongoing match-fixing scandal won’t distract the Black Caps as they leave on Saturday for their three-Test West Indies tour. The England and Wales …
Continue reading Black Caps focused for Windies tourLaurie Daley says he’ll send the best-prepared NSW side into battle in Wednesday’s State of Origin opener. Desperate to end a run of eight successive series defeats, Daley has left …
Continue reading Preparation the key for Daley’s BluesA day after watching five of his players earn Wallabies selection, Western Force coach Michael Foley feels there are another four waiting in the wings ready to grab their chance. …
Continue reading Western Force out for more Wallaby goldRarely has an AFL clash between second-last and third-last in round 10 had so much riding on it. Greater Western Sydney and Richmond are coming off the fortnight from hell …
Continue reading Giants, Tigers badly need AFL winNathan Tinkler has officially walked away as owner of the Newcastle Knights. After months of protracted negotiations, Tinkler has confirmed in a statement obtained by News Limited that he will …
Continue reading Tinkler walks away from NRL KnightsWests Tigers chief executive Grant Mayer has announced the NRL club will continue playing matches at Campbelltown Stadium for at least the next four years, despite the venue’s recent poor …
Continue reading Campbelltown part of Wests Tigers: MayerCollingwood teammates playing 150m away from Travis Cloke will have a say in how quickly the key forward can return to top AFL form. Assistant coach Ben Hart says they …
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