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SEVEN DAYS IN SPORT: It wasn’t hard to recognise who might beat the favourite in the Cup, says RON REED as he counts his money. More »
SEVEN DAYS IN SPORT: It wasn’t hard to recognise who might beat the favourite in the Cup, says RON REED as he counts his money. More »
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 »
SEVEN DAYS IN SPORT: Two starkly different stories made it a Melbourne Cup to remember, says Chief Writer RON REED. More »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
NEVER IN doubt? Not exactly, but it was all in the timing again for Australia’s greatest racehorse, says Chief Writer RON REED. More »
DARREN WEIR CONTINUES to dominate racing on a grand scale, as Chief Writer RON REED discovers as the spring carnival gets under way. More »