Lucky Lobster
Adelaide where the action is
David Polkinghorne As the Sydney autumn carnival winds up and the races head to Hawkesbury, the race of the day travels to Adelaide.
Racing
Snowden back for another crack at Black Opal
David Polkinghorne Peter Snowden has backed Canberra Racing's push to have the listed race reinstated as a group 3.
Horse racing
Coliseo well placed
David Polkinghorne Canberra trainer Norm Gardner is hoping a successful Canberra Centenary Cup campaign will launch Coliseo on the path to the group 1 Sydney Cup.
Black Opal Stakes Day
Cup's in the cabinet, now for ACT's 'Big One'
David Polkinghorne Sydney hoop Corey Brown says every jockey wants to have a Black Opal Stakes victory on their resume.
Black Opal Stakes Day
Photo-finish caused an outcry
David Polkinghorne Paul Walshe still remembers the very first Black Opal Stakes in 1973 - and its earthquake-fuelled controversy.
Racing
Williams' cup but Coliseo gets closer
David Polkinghorne Canberra trainer Norm Gardner would rather Coliseo had lost by 10 lengths in the Canberra Centenary Cup.
Racing
Payne's colt fulfils Slipper criteria with Opal win
David Polkinghorne David Payne wants to be the first trainer since Frank Cleary to pull off the Black Opal-Golden Slipper double.
Racing
Black Opal's turn to race - for a status prize
David Polkinghorne After a stunning Super Sunday, Canberra Racing looking to have Black Oval Stakes upgraded.
Racing
Everage caps return to Carmody's old haunt
David Polkinghorne Randwick trainer Craig Carmody ''cut his teeth'' as a jockey at Thoroughbred Park in 1984.
Racing
Club wants upgrade for Black Opal
David Polkinghorne Attracting another top-notch field for this year's Black Opal will be crucial to the return of group racing to Canberra, says Thoroughbred Park chief executive Peter Stubbs.
Racing
Opal should regain group status: Layt
David Polkinghorne Neville Layt has backed Canberra Race Club's push for group status for the $250,000 Black Opal Stakes, saying it never should have lost it in the first place.
Good things come in threes
David Polkinghorne Our regular Lucky Lobster Kyle Mackey-Laws is away this week, which bodes well for punters who enjoy returns that aren't purely scratchings as David 'Polky' Polkinghorne fills in.
Ryan pins Opal hopes on Rose
David Polkinghorne Rosehill trainer Gerald Ryan is hopeful Cavalry Rose will deliver his second Black Opal Stakes win to go with the victory of Paint in 1996.
Racing
Super Sunday to be biggest event in Canberra's racing history
David Polkinghorne IS IT a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's Super Sunday, one of the biggest days of racing Canberra has ever seen.
Racing
Odds seem deceiving for Williams's big Guineas chance
David Polkinghorne THE BIG rain has put a dampener on trainer Danny Williams's Canberra Guineas hope Deceiver's in the 1400 metre listed three-year-old sprint.
Racing
Opal fit as lead-in to the Slipper
David Polkinghorne Leading Sydney trainer Peter Snowden has backed Canberra's $250,000 Black Opal Stakes as an ideal lead-up race to the richest two-year-old race in the world.
Racing
Joseph triumphs on Super Sunday
David Polkinghorne Canberra trainer Barbara Joseph ended a 37-year drought and kept the Canberra Cup in the ACT on a stunning Super Sunday at Thoroughbred Park yesterday.
