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Horse Racing
Verdant on trial for a trip north
Patrick Bartley While Robert Smerdon has managed to position his stable into the most successful jumping outfit in the state, the trainer is also poised to make an impact on this year's rich winter carnival in...
Food set, bubbly chilled as caterers take reins for marquee gastronomic events
Sarina Lewis The Big Group will be delivering breakfast, lunch and canapes to five marquees and 'countless' hampers to eager racegoers.
Class field Tackles Doomben Cup
Kyle Mackey-Laws The group 1 Doomben Cup, has assembled a strong field to fight out the $500,000 purse over 2000m.
Horse Racing
Owners kept in the loop
Michael Sharkie You need to be a skilled communicator to keep a racehorse owner informed.
Speediness makes Victorian trainer feel at home in Scone after strong victory
Chris Roots Speediness gave Caulfield trainer Colin Scott a home-town victory of sorts when he held on to win the Scone Cup on Friday.
Horse Racing
Patient Waymouth praises 'magic job'
Michael Sharkie Mister Milton lands a long overdue win in the Straight Six at Flemington.
Beaten Up dishes out cup hiding
Tony White Trainer Chris Waller believes Doomben Cup winner Beaten Up has the potential to develop into a genuine Cox Plate horse in the spring.
Dear Demi survives scare to give Singleton some joyous relief
Tony White After a fortnight of turmoil, ad man and high-profile owner John Singleton was back in the headlines for the right reasons at Doomben on Saturday when his star filly Dear Demi won the $175,000 Hidden...
Black and Bent made to wait for record tilt
Michael Lynch Star hurdler Black and Bent will have to wait until Wednesday to try to set an Australian record of 10 wins in a row over jumps after Sunday's Mornington card was abandoned due to overnight rain.
Horseracing
Payne comes from behind to score in Twitter stakes
Max Presnell Sporting boofheads aren't seen at their best on Twitter, but Michelle Payne isn't one for sitting quietly and taking a baking.
Cummings has Your Song primed for swansong
Chris Roots After a treble of Scone stakes winners at the weekend, Anthony Cummings will depend on "only one", but it is not a bad one, when Your Song lines up in Saturday's Doomben 10,000.
Horse Racing
Star hurdler's bid for record delayed
Michael Lynch Black And Bent will have to wait until Wednesday to try to set an Australian record.
Racing
One tax Hickman is happy to have on his books
Chris Roots Warwick Farm trainer Greg Hickman learned something when Taxmeifyoucan entered his stable as a two-year-old.
Racing
Foretold: O'Shea follows well-worn path to light up Doomben night
Chris Roots John O'Shea has followed the path Doomben Cup rival Foreteller used to get to the weight-for-age group 1 12 months ago with Lightinthenite.
Racing
Racing tells Tom: grow up
Lisa Davies, Kate McClymont Tom Waterhouse may be formally prevented from linking his business to the activities of his renowned trainer mother Gai, despite the bookmaker being cleared at the More Joyous stewards’ inquiry of...
Johns, Hayson, Robinson front More Joyous racing inquiry
Live coverage of the More Joyous stewards' inquiry has now ended. Scroll below to see how the day unfolded.
Horseracing
Gai saddles up for fight as stewards get tough
Chris Roots Gai Waterhouse has vowed to fight charges from the More Joyous inquiry, but stewards have also placed the spotlight firmly on the professional relationship between her son Tom's bookmaking business...
Story emerges at last as trio unravel words and whispers
Kate McClymont, Lisa Davies ''Everyone knew the horse couldn't win except poor Singo,'' said controversial brothel-owner and punter Eddie Hayson about the mail on John Singleton's horse More Joyous.
More Joyous inquiry shows stewards are up to the task
Max Presnell The tradition of tough justice by Racing NSW must be dispensed in the More Joyous case, unlike the watered-down Victorian version emphasised in the debacle concerning champion jockey Damien Oliver.
Horse Racing
Stewards warn bookmaker Tom on mother link
Lisa Davies and Kate McClymont Bookmaker Tom Waterhouse may be formally prevented from linking his business to the activities of his renowned trainer mother Gai.
