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HIGH PRICE OF PLAYING ON
SEVEN DAYS IN SPORT: There’s a reason why the world’s big sports events are proceeding in the face of covid calamities, writes RON REED: More »
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WHY IT’S JYE WHO OWNS THE CUP
SEVEN DAYS IN SPORT: Two starkly different stories made it a Melbourne Cup to remember, says Chief Writer RON REED. More »
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FREEDOM DAY: BETTER LATE THAN NEVER
SEVEN DAYS IN SPORT (AND LIFE): People have different opinions on how the lockdown has been handled, but Chief Writer RON REED is just glad to have come out the other side – and with the MCG open again. More »
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All hail Enable, the best there is
GREAT moments in sport are to be savoured, and chief writer RON REED was on hand for one for the ages in England at the weekend: More »
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Greg Miles – Don’t forget your binoculars
Legendary Race Caller, Greg Miles has packed a lot of adventure into his 40-year career in broadcasting. Melbourne-born Greg called a record 36 Melbourne Cups, two more than the revered Bill Collins and three ahead of his mate and mentor Joe Brown. He also cal... More »
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More winners for the man who wasn’t there
A COUPLE OF familiar faces were nowhere to be seen at the Warrnambool races but that didn’t worry anyone, says chief writer RON REED: IT TOOK until the 29th of 30 races for the ghost of Darren Weir to be formally identified at Warrnambool’s three-day May racin... More »
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How good was she? Who knows?
WINX’S amazing career has ended without one big question ever being answered, says Chief Writer RON REED: OF ALL the astonishing elements of the Winx story, jockey Hugh Bowman might have selected the one that stands out most when he said after her final triump... More »
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Three winners for the stairway phantom
DISGRACED trainer Darren Weir was conspicuous by his absence at Caulfield on Saturday as his four-year-suspension came into sharp focus but his horses were still winning, says chief writer RON REED. More »
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Saluting old heroes – Bill backs a win-winner
AN UNUSUAL new event on the Victorian flat racing calendar has proven to be a big success for a bush club that knows how to sell a good idea, writes RON REED: BILL Gibbins had only two bets at the Warrnambool races last Sunday – and backed two winners. One was... More »
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Blinkx and you’ll miss it
NEVER IN doubt? Not exactly, but it was all in the timing again for Australia’s greatest racehorse, says Chief Writer RON REED. More »
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Weir whirlwind blows winter away
DARREN WEIR CONTINUES to dominate racing on a grand scale, as Chief Writer RON REED discovers as the spring carnival gets under way. More »
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Unwanted claim to fame: Australia’s No 1 cheat
THE WEEK THAT WAS: THEY’RE CALLING IT the biggest scandal in Australian racing history and maybe even that doesn’t go quite far enough, says Chief Writer RON REED. More »
