Anamoe tuned to take no prisoners in first-up run of final campaign

Anamoe tuned to take no prisoners in first-up run of final campaign

Going on his recent barrier trial,Anamoe gives the impression that trainer James Cummings is looking for him to be unbeaten in his last preparation.

  • byMax Presnell

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Why the lessons of Gai and Maher are helping Neasham’s two-year-olds Fly

Why the lessons of Gai and Maher are helping Neasham’s two-year-olds Fly

She has the Golden Slipper favourite six weeks out from the race,but Annabel Neasham’s experience with Australia’s top trainers is keeping her expectations in check with Learning To Fly.

  • byAdam Pengilly
Weir suffers blow in bid to return to training after cruelty charges
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Weir suffers blow in bid to return to training after cruelty charges

The Melbourne Cup-winning trainer’s four-year ban from the sport ends on Monday. But he now has another obstacle in his path if he wants to get another training licence.

  • byAdam Pengilly
Cummings charts steady course for Guineas with Aft Cabin

Cummings charts steady course for Guineas with Aft Cabin

The three-year-old colt will resume in the group 3 Eskimo Prince Stakes (1200m) on Saturday before targeting the Randwick Guineas via the Hobartville Stakes.

  • byChristian Nicolussi
Butcher won $70,000 from all-up bet ‘after Berry tips’

Butcher won $70,000 from all-up bet ‘after Berry tips’

The Gold Coast punter embroiled in the tips-for-benefits scandal had one of his biggest wins on a group 1 day from a horse Berry didn’t even ride,stewards will argue.

  • byAdam Pengilly andChris Roots
The $6 million bonus to keep the world’s best sprinter in Sydney

The $6 million bonus to keep the world’s best sprinter in Sydney

Connections of Nature Strip are mulling a campaign exclusively in NSW after a new sprinting bonus scheme was announced as part of massive prizemoney increases across the state.

  • byAdam Pengilly
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Star apprentice from Herald’s stable back on tale of the horse

Star apprentice from Herald’s stable back on tale of the horse

Pulitzer Prize winner Geraldine Brooks has been reminiscing about her time covering Sydney racing in the 1970s,and the “disturbing” number of injured horses. I was there too and must have missed it all.

  • byMax Presnell
VRC pitching for another exempt race into Melbourne Cup

VRC pitching for another exempt race into Melbourne Cup

The Victoria Racing Club has proposed to make the Roy Higgins Quality in early March a ballot exempt race for the Melbourne Cup,from next season.

  • byDamien Ractliffe
‘He’s definitely improved’:Why spellbound Huetor has got over his paddock confusion

‘He’s definitely improved’:Why spellbound Huetor has got over his paddock confusion

Peter and Paul Snowden have barely dipped their toes into the European market but they’ve already found a good one who they’re convinced has gone to another level.

  • byAdam Pengilly
Brilliant Tofane can go out with a bang after flying under the radar

Brilliant Tofane can go out with a bang after flying under the radar

If you surveyed punters as they went through the gates at Royal Randwick on Saturday,few would know Tofane is probably having her last start. So why hasn’t she got the plaudits she deserves?

  • byAdam Pengilly
Berry hoping distance will help She’s Extreme quell Fireburn’s triple crown bid

Berry hoping distance will help She’s Extreme quell Fireburn’s triple crown bid

Tommy Berry and She’s Extreme will be out to ruin Fireburn’s shot at the two-year-old triple crown.

  • byChris Roots