Go, Kenny, go...Veteran semi-retired turf scribbler Ken Callander has paid out on those crazy new whip rules. In his Daily Telegraphcolumn, Ken rages: 'Sydney and Melbourne should go their own way and throw out the silly new whip rule. How stupid is it that Daniel Ganderton broke the rule to win a Group race at Randwick two weeks ago on Deer Valley and Damien Oliver broke the rule at Flemington on Saturday to win the Makybe Diva Stakes on Vigor while the two jockeys on the narrowly beaten hot-po
Go, Kenny, go...Veteran semi-retired turf scribbler Ken Callander has paid out on those crazy new whip rules. In his Daily Telegraphcolumn, Ken rages: 'Sydney and Melbourne should go their own way and throw out the silly new whip rule. How stupid is it that Daniel Ganderton broke the rule to win a Group race at Randwick two weeks ago on Deer Valley and Damien Oliver broke the rule at Flemington on Saturday to win the Makybe Diva Stakes on Vigor while the two jockeys on the narrowly beaten hot-pots, Corey Brown on Melito and Luke Nolen on Typhoon Tracy, stuck to the rule and cost punters hundreds of thousands of dollars? Have any of these blokes on the Australian Racing Board, who set the rule, ever had a bet? Let's get fair dinkum. Why don't Sydney and Melbourne tell that toothless tiger, the Australian Racing Board, to stick the rule up its jumper. Racing NSW set a precedent when the ARB tried to support the Hong Kong ban on Chris Munce. We told the ARB where to go then and we should do it again.'
Battling to beat Cup ballotting conditions, Lee Freedman may switch Speed Gifted to Sydney to run in the AJC Metropolitan at Randwick next month. It's looking like a key spring race for the talented 5YO import. LF reckons the 2400m Metrop on Oct 3 is the race that can lift Speed Gifted into the Caulfield and Melbourne Cups if he cannot overcome qualifying conditions at his next Melbourne start.