Surf Seeker to scorch Millions turf
SURF Seeker, an $11 chance from the powerful Team Hawkes training stables, is my pick to win the Two-Year-Old Magic Millions on the Gold Coast on Saturday.
Expert Opinion
Why MM barriers are so important
WICKED Intent part-owner Chris Goddard had good reason to give after big fist-pump after pulling out barrier five at this morning’s Magic Millions 2YO Classic Barrier Draw.
Inside Mail: Blake’s on heels of Macca
THE Sydney jockeys premiership could have a new leader after the Rosehill Gardens meeting on Saturday.
Vashka chasing hat-trick of wins
KEN CALLANDER: VASHKA, from the in-form John O’Shea stables, is low flying at the moment and looks in another race to suit at Rosehill on Saturday.
Abbott stars in ‘The Greatest Escape’
STEVE McQueen starred in a movie called The Great Escape. Trainer Justin Abbott should star in The Greatest Escape, writes Robert Craddock.
Shake-up needed for Qld to shape up
COMMENT: Officials need to get more creative in their programming of races in southeast Queensland around Melbourne Cup week.
Buzz at the Cup: Old champ makes history
HORSE racing can be a tough, cruel and heartbreaking business. Not everyone can win as we saw at the Melbourne Cup, writes Phil Rothfield.
A to Z of the Melbourne Cup
THE Melbourne Cup 2014 is set to bring the nation to a halt at 3pm Tuesday. Boo Bailey brings you his essential A-Z guide.
Don’t be clever, back the favourite
IF you are sick of backing losers and sick of your horse running 23rd should you just back the favourite in the Cup? KEN CALLANDER has the answer.
Hard to ignore Sheik factor
SHEIK Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum has provided the Melbourne Cup runner-up three times but is still chasing his first winner.
From rags to Spring Carnival riches
AS the Chris Waller rocket has exploded through the skies, his propensity for mounting yard tears has been a lovely counterbalance to the force of his success.
Raiders exploit distance failings
THE Melbourne spring carnival is becoming the Wimbledon of world horse racing, Matt Stewart writes.
Fawkner carries Aussie spring hopes
FAWKNER may be the horse to stop a foreign clean sweep of the spring majors after owner Lloyd Williams confirmed a Melbourne Cup start for the Cox Plate runner-up.
Billionaires rain on battler’s parade
AT about the time the misty eyes of the racing world were being drawn to a small town in Tasmania, there was movement elsewhere, at the big end of town.
The Cox Plate needs more cream
ONCE the greatest race of the racing calendar, the Cox Plate is now struggling under the weight of history, writes Gerard Whately.
Overseas raiders are worth a Glance
THE parochial thing would be to rate Side Glance and Adelaide as overseas also-rans merely making up the Cox Plate numbers.
Inside Mail: Deep Field a star in the making
THERE is no such thing as a certainty in racing but Deep Field comes close at Royal Randwick on Saturday.
Caulfield Cup: What the experts say
RAY Thomas and Sky Sports Radio’s formexpert Ron Dufficy look at Saturday’s Caulfield Cup runners
Lee Freedman pleads: Stop this carnage
EXCLUSIVE COLUMN: Forget the Cups and the Cox Plate, there is a human disaster evolving in Australian racing, says Lee Freedman.
Pumper still ducking and weaving life’s nasty blows
THERE have been occasions in the last year or so when Jim Cassidy thought retirement was his only option. Life’s pressures were mounting.
Jumps headache will follow SAJC for years to come
IF back-peddling were an Olympic sport, the leaders of the South Australian Jockey Club should be looking at gold, silver and bronze in Rio in 2016, says Craig Cook
Robbie’s $10 tips raise eyebrows
IS Robbie Waterhouse breaking the rules of racing by selling his tips to punters for $10? Ken Callander looks at the highly contentious issue.
Turf Talk with Hickson and Nicolussi
DAILY Telegraph writers Ray Hickson and Christian Nicolussi go head to head in the big horse racing issues of the day.
Saturday best with Ken Callander
PUNTERS who have backed Tarloshan from $4.80 to $2.80 in early markets at Randwick on Saturday are set for a killing as the former Kiwi mare looks the bet of the day.
The Last Say: Rosehill and Flemington
ALL the best tips and late mail from SuperRacing expert Ray Thomas ahead of a big day’s racing at Flemington and Rosehill Gardens.
The Last Say with Ray Thomas
ALL the tips and late mail from SuperRacing expert Ray Thomas ahead of a big day’s racing at Rosehill Gardens, Eagle Farm and Sandown.
Turf Talk with Thomas and Nicolussi
DAILY Telegraph writers Ray Thomas and Christian Nicolussi go head to head in the big horse racing issues of the day.
The Last Say: is Beau brazen enough?
NATHAN Exelby has The Last Say on today’s excellent Doomben card and sees plenty of potential value, especially late on.
The Last Say: Katie’s Cove ready to fire
THE quality racing continues today with some impressive offerings at Doomben, Flemington and Randwick. Ray Thomas brings you The Last Say.
Saturday best with Ken Callander
LA AMISTAD is from the same dam as the mighty Makybe Diva and she has her chance to vault up racing’s tree of success by winning Saturday’s McKell Cup at Randwick.
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