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 »
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 »
George Haddon on the Aquanita affair More »
Who’s the dope? George Haddon catches up with the Aquanita Affair. More »
MILLIONS of dollars of racing prizemoney will be coming under the searchlight as the Aquanita bicarb inquiry progresses. BRIAN MELDRUM reports. More »
ARE imported horses stealing our major races and the big prizemoney at the expense of Australia-bred gallopers? BRIAN MELDRUM dissects the results: More »
HOW CAN a now-retired horse who lost three of his last five starts be judged the finest thoroughbred in the world? BRIAN MELDRUM searches but fails to find any sensible answer. More »
