Good news and bad news for Clare Lindop in the UK...She rode a winner and a 2nd at her first 2 rides ay Haydock Park but copped a 2-day ban for excessive whip use on runner-up Catalan Bay. Her winner was ex-Aussie One Way or Another, trained by Sth Australian Jeremy Gask, who has been training in Britain for several years now.Can Bart strike again? The old master Bart Cummings has the early fav Kroner $3.20 in the Takeover Target Stakes at Gosford on Wednesday. Kroner is a mudlark and the track
Good news and bad news for Clare Lindop in the UK...She rode a winner and a 2nd at her first 2 rides ay Haydock Park but copped a 2-day ban for excessive whip use on runner-up Catalan Bay. Her winner was ex-Aussie One Way or Another, trained by Sth Australian Jeremy Gask, who has been training in Britain for several years now.
Can Bart strike again? The old master Bart Cummings has the early fav Kroner $3.20 in the Takeover Target Stakes at Gosford on Wednesday. Kroner is a mudlark and the track is expected to be significantly rain-affected. TAB Sportsbet has Grand Rhumba on the second line at $7.50 with Welkom Gold and Innings at $8.50.
Will the Gosford meeting go ahead? A track inspection will be made on Tuesday. The track on Monday afternoon was rated a heavy 10, as is the Canterbury track for Thursday's city meeting.
Tuesday's Muswellbrook race meeting has been transferred to Scone. Stewards and club officials say waterlogged patches near the home turn caused the switch. The rail at Scone will be in the true position. Field sizes will be increased to 14 per race from all starts.
Crazy times...Betfair punters worldwide helped to underline the popularity of the Royal Ascot carnival by trading $21,319,568 on just three of the meeting's feature races. Most Australian interest zeroed in on the King's Stand Stakes, won by Scenic Blast. It accounted for 54 percent of the $4,874,944 matched on the 1000m Grp 1 sprint.