Justice dealt a winning hand with Whyte move
LINDSEY Smith had an inkling champion Hong Kong jockey Douglas Whyte would click with Scales Of Justice and that was proved correct when they won the Railway Stakes at Ascot.
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Nathan’s Racebook: Eagle Farm and Ascot
THE Courier-Mail’s racing editor Nathan Exelby looks for the winners at Eagle Farm and Ascot on Saturday.
All aboard the Lloyd express
VETERAN jockey Jeff Lloyd is rewriting Queensland racing history as he sets a record pace this season.
Miss Cover Girl set to steal the show
TRAINER Kelly Schweida is sure he did the right thing in bypassing the spring with Miss Cover Girl, who will return to racing in the George Moore Stakes on Saturday.
History! Jockey rides 7 winners at Caloundra
JEFF Lloyd created history on the Sunshine Coast on Wednesday, riding seven winners on the 12 race card, bettering the previous record for most metropolitan wins in a day.
Funky Symons finds time for Origin
ENTREPRENEUR jockey Chris Symons has managed to find two weeks out of his hectic Funky Farm schedule to be part of this year’s Origin Jockey Series.
Bjorn again has Rupert ready to go
BJORN Baker is optimistic his stunning run of Queensland success can continue as he targets the summer three-year-old triple crown races with Winning Rupert.
Anderson laps up sweet taste of success
FORMER beer salesman Chris Anderson fought back tears on Saturday as he told how he had gone from a racing “nobody” to celebrating his first Listed race winner.
Tarrant back in business after Beach blitz
TWO years ago, jockey Luke Tarrant started a giant-killing run in the saddle when he won the Listed Recognition Stakes on Rudy. On Saturday, he won the same race on Cylinder Beach.
Zinzi stakes claim for Millions
IT wasn’t the Gillian Heinrich winner that punters wanted but the stable was thrilled with the surge of Magic Millions two-year-old hopeful Zinzi at Eagle Farm on Saturday.
Revamped track winning over trainers
TOP trainer Tony Gollan says he now has confidence the revamped Eagle Farm track will be fabulous for racing during the 2017 Queensland Winter Carnival.
Light Tarrant to fire Cylinder
TRAINER Desleigh Forster believes pint-sized jockey Luke Tarrant will be a perfect fit for Cylinder Beach as the classy gelding resumes at Eagle Farm on Saturday.
Gerard’s Racebook: Eagle Farm and Ascot
UBET’s Gerard Daffy looks for the winners in the feature races at Eagle Farm and Ascot on Saturday.
UBET to sponsor Stradbroke Handicap
QUEENSLAND’S Stradbroke Handicap has a new naming sponsor with wagering company UBET taking over from longstanding commercial partner AAMI.
Buff still king of the kids
QUEENSLAND racing icon Buffering is in the retirement paddock but his legend is growing at Hendra State School.
Tumbler takes aim at stakes success
CRANKY mare Tumbler, who has a history of kicking everything in sight and inflicting self-harm, is poised to fulfil her potential in stakes company at Eagle Farm on Saturday.
Monday Mail: Weekend in review
COURIER MAIL racing expert Nathan Exelby reviews the weekend’s racing.
McEvoy locked in for Origin Jockey Series
MELBOURNE CUP winning jockey Kerrin McEvoy is heading to Queensland to be part of the Origin Jockey Series.
Heidi gets ball rolling for special memorial day
JOCKEYS are having their own brand of Mad Monday when they put on the fancy dress costumes at the inaugural Tim Bell Memorial Golf Day at Virginia on Monday.
Exciting sprinter Too Good by far
TOO Good To Refuse has delivered another breathtaking whirlwind finish to easily take out the Keith Noud Quality at Eagle Farm.
Young team twice as strong
CO-TRAINER Ben Rodgers may not yet be a household name but he has a big team of young horses coming through and punters can expect to hear a lot more about him.
Nathan’s Racebook: Project Ascot
THE Courier-Mail’s racing editor Nathan Exelby found four winners from four attempts in his regular column, Nathan’s Racebook, last week. Will he do the same again?
Teen driver harnessing his dream
BUDDING driver Angus Garrard competed in front of 20,000 fans at New Zealand’s famed Addington Raceway last week in a prelude to what he hopes will be a long career in the sport.
Short sprint to save showpiece?
ODDS are shortening that the Doomben 10,000 will be run over a shortened distance next year but remain at its spiritual home after an industry consultation meeting on Wednesday.
Wiggins milks his lucky escape for all its worth
RYAN Wiggins figures he must have been a good milk drinker when he was growing up after miraculously escaping serious injury in an ugly fall on Wednesday.
Crash survivor on right track now
FRESPANOL, one of the miracle survivors from the Sunshine Coast float crash in April, returned to winning form at Caloundra on Wednesday.
Apprentices earn a sleep-in
CHIEF steward Allan Reardon has told apprentice jockeys to enjoy a rare sleep-in following Wednesday’s monster 13-race day/night program on the Sunshine Coast.
Record 13 races at Sunshine Coast
THE Sunshine Coast will host a record 13 races on Wednesday with Saturday’s washed out open handicap at Doomben added to the program.
Monday Rewind: Barman’s last shout?
OUR experts look back at their metropolitan meetings in their respective backyards on Saturday and give us their assessment of the best and worst performers.
You bet we‘ll push brand
UBET’S new chief operating officer has vowed to grow a bigger revenue share for Queensland racing as preparations for the merger of Australia’s two TAB giants continue.
Rodd’s nod is to the blues
CHAMPION jockey Michael Rodd is heading back to where it all started and will be a star attraction on day one of this year’s Origin Jockey Series.
Carnival woes lead to missed chances
AMID all the Doomben 10,000 debate last week, two questions struck me. Why is there a desperate need to change our carnival every year? And, is it really that bad?
Rock’s MM start Dunn and dusted
MATT Dunn has the best of both worlds from his Murwillumbah base and has perfected the art of placing his horses in the right state as the winners continue to roll in this season.
Nathan’s Racebook: Best bets for Sandown
THE Courier-Mail’s racing editor Nathan Exelby looks for the winners on Zipping Classic day at Sandown on Saturday.
Doomben success might be just the tonic for trainer
TRAINER David Murphy is still waiting to get the all clear from two back fractures, but hopes a win at Doomben on Saturday will aid his recovery.
Munce steers Murphy in right direction
TRAINER Chris Munce knew exactly the right instructions to give his apprentice Michael Murphy, who rode his first metropolitan winner on Shapin Lady at Eagle Farm on Wednesday.
Jockeys take legal whip to concerns
QUEENSLAND jockeys are set to clash with officials over WorkCover, whip rules and appeal processes as the deadline looms for a new riding fee deal.
Move might be classic error
OFFICIALS have outlined reasons for the proposed Doomben 10,000 switch and what the bean counters are selling does not justify torching an iconic race.
Doom and gloom for famous race
THE iconic Doomben 10,000 — won by turf greats such as Bernborough and Apache Cat — will disappear under a radical proposal to shake up the Queensland Winter Carnival.
Merger deal to ‘re-ignite Qld wagering’
TABCORP chief executive David Attenborough is adamant a successful merger with Tatts Group will ensure significantly higher revenues for racing in Queensland.
Beating the bookie betting ban
PUNTERS frustrated by big bookmakers banning and limiting gamblers who stand to make some cash are starting to fight back, write Nathan Exelby and Ben Dorries.
Alannah holds court after comeback win
TONY Gollan took more satisfaction than usual in the comeback win of My Girl Hayley, who gave stable apprentice her first win since returning from a near career-ending injury.
Nathan’s Racebook: Emirates Stakes Day
THE Courier-Mail’s racing editor Nathan Exelby looks for winners on the final day of the Flemington spring carnival on Saturday.
Birchley hits the target with grey
LIAM Birchley’s happy knack of taking the right horse away to carnivals continued when Pepperano won the Subzero Handicap at Flemington on Thursday.
Rose has sweet smell of success
MACKAY truck driver Cliff Beckmann got cold feet initially when he considered forking out $2000 for a share in a horse being advertised on the internet.
Almandin in frame for tilt at Doomben Cup
MELBOURNE Cup winner Almandin is a potential Queensland winter carnival contender, with owner Lloyd Williams flagging the Doomben Cup as a potential target next year.
’Pissed off’ Cup punters in their thousands
TENS of thousands of ‘pissed off’ punters stormed out of a Melbourne Cup event in Brisbane after the unthinkable happened just minutes out from the big race.
High five: Lloyd the new Cups king
LLOYD Williams became the most successful owner in Melbourne Cup history and gave a once-spurned jockey the sweetest success of all in the 156th running of the race that stops a nation.
Trainer happy to take back seat
ROBERT Hickmott is the least recognisable dual Melbourne Cup-winning trainer in history.
Williams: ‘We are still learning’
MELBOURNE Cup-winning owner Lloyd Williams says his team is still learning about racing European horses in Australia.
Cup Day blackout chaos at Eagle Farm
A MAJOR power failure and rain have marred Queensland’s biggest Melbourne Cup day party at Eagle Farm.
Finding the Cup winner
PICKING the Cup winner is tough — especially when one of the foreigners is called Bondi Beach. We run the rule over the horses that will stop the nation and give you a leg-up to finding the winner.
Bookies at odds over Cup fancy
TWO of Australia’s biggest bookmakers have taken polar opposite views on the chances of one heavily backed horse in today’s Melbourne Cup.
Brave bid to break Cup curse
FLAMBOYANT jockey Frankie Dettori believes his Melbourne Cup hoodoo is about to be broken.
Hall sees double as he stares down critics
HAVING watched all the lead-up races, nothing will sway Nick Hall from his belief that Jameka is the one to beat in the Melbourne Cup.
Don’t write off Japanese stayer
COMPARED to the wave of support enjoyed by previous Japanese visitors, Curren Mirotic is a relative outcast in Tuesday’s Melbourne Cup.
Why Hartnell’s already won the Cup
HARTNELL has looked like the incredible hulk for most of the spring, but it’s an improved attitude off the track that has jockey James McDonald supremely confident.
Hartnell is right horse for Cup
IF Hartnell wins the Melbourne Cup, it will be easy to say in hindsight “that was obvious’’. Equally, if he gets rolled, you will hear that the writing was on the wall.
Waller hits the right note
CHRIS Waller has a theory that he hopes will have his horses on song for the Melbourne Cup.
Godolphin trainer has ‘best job in racing’
JOHN O’Shea admits being head trainer for Godolphin in Australia is something he often pinches himself about, having grown up in Queensland wanting to one day be a top horse trainer.
Heartbreak City is no Cup joke
DID you hear the one about the Irishman who walked into a New York bar and walked out with a Melbourne Cup winner?
Maher aiming to be cream of the crop
CIARON Maher realised long ago he was not going to win a Melbourne Cup in the saddle.
Mullins hopes fortune favours the Brave
WICKLOW Brave’s trainer Willie Mullins figures his jockey Frankie Dettori is “due” in the Melbourne Cup and will leave tactics on Tuesday entirely up to the riding genius.
Nichols finally gets Star billing
TRAINER Shane Nichols was celebrating his first Group 1 triumph at Flemington on Saturday but only seven years ago he was a broken man.
Remembering the mighty horse from heaven
THE legendary Bart Cummings won the Melbourne Cup a staggering 12 times but none of his horses won more hearts than Saintly. Twenty years on, NATHAN EXELBY looks back at the horse sent from heaven.
Beadman’s fan at heart of Godolphin
DARREN Beadman was “sweating bullets” when he went to shake the hand of Sheik Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum in the middle of last year. But a Princess came to his rescue.
Punter’s guide to overseas raiders
GETTING a handle on the locals running in the race that stops a nation is difficult enough. but analysing the credentials of the overseas horses can be a minefield.
Lexus winner set to give Cup big shake
DID the Cup winner run at Flemington on Saturday?
Can Sheik say hooroo to Cup hoodoo?
LEICESTER City did it. The Cowboys did it. South Sydney, the Western Bulldogs and Cronulla did it. How about one of the world’s richest men?
Beach party on the cards
HANDICAPPER Greg Carpenter believes Bondi Beach could be the big improver in next week’s $6.2m Melbourne Cup at Flemington.
Waller regroups after Winx whirlwind
THE racing public may be disappointed Winx has been put in cotton wool for the remainder of the spring, but her trainer Chris Waller is happy to see her on the sidelines — at least for a little while.
Zac’s advice: Stay away from “the rubbish”
TAB FIXED ODDS: ZAC Purton has a simple plan when he rides Victoria Derby hotpot Sacred Elixir on Saturday. Stay out of the way of “the rubbish”.
Nathan’s Racebook: Derby Day tips
THE Courier-Mail’s racing editor Nathan Exelby looks for the Group 1 winners on a cracking Derby Day card at Flemington on Saturday.
O’Shea’s heart is claiming Cup win
JOHN O’Shea has momentarily shed his poker face to give the greatest hint yet of how confident he is of winning next week’s Melbourne Cup with Hartnell.
Bowman hopes to kick Derby Day goals
HUGH Bowman has likened the emotional comedown after riding Winx to playing a State of Origin match and then returning to club footy.
Draw boosts potency of Elixir
SACRED Elixir’s chances of emulating fellow J.J. Atkins winner Mahogany were enhanced further following yesterday’s Victoria Derby barrier draw.
Price is right in Coolmore mix
TWELVE months ago Mick Price was intent on ridding his back of the monkey that had dogged him in the Victoria Derby; this year the stakes are even higher.
Jameka peaking for Cups double
AS THE Melbourne Cup guessing game about the calibre of imports rolls on, Ciaron Maher is confident the Aussies have the measure of the foreign invaders.
Buffering at home among Legends
BUFFERING is proving just as popular in retirement as he was on the racetrack and he’s set to find a new best mate in Tasmanian warhorse The Cleaner.
Pike upbeat about Elixir after “soft win”
HAVING the interrupted run in transit in Saturday’s Vase might be a blessing for Victoria Derby favourite Sacred Elixir, who pulled up in perfect order.
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