#Shane Dye

Trainer Mark Newnham (left) believes Sunshine Rising still has some good racing in front of him. Picture: Vince Caligiuri-Getty Images One look at the formguide will tell you why ex-Hong Kong galloper Sunshine Rising is attracting plenty of attention ahead of his first run in 671 days in Saturday's Group 3 Festival Stakes (1500m) at Rosehill. The…

Tommy Berry scored his third Golden Slipper win on Stay Inside in 2021. Picture: Grant Guy Star jockey Tommy Berry concedes he would feel uneasy but honoured to equal the Golden Slipper riding record held by his idols, Hall of Famers Ron Quinton and Shane Dye, at Rosehill Gardens on Saturday. Berry, 30, is chasing a fourth win in the $5m Longines…

It entered sporting folklore before Correct Weight had landed, the horse racing equivalent of cricket's infamous underarm delivery. Trevor Chappell had created a Trans-Tasman incident by bowling underarm to Brian McKechnie at the MCG in 1981 and 11 years later, Shane Dye returned serve by " slaughtering " the $3.50 Veandercross in the Caulfield…

Spring is well and truly in the air and the fields for the weekend of racing has us raring to go for a big weekend on the punt. Throw in the AFL & NRL Finals, a few coldies and it is a genuinely elite weekend coming up. On Friday's edition of Punt Drunk, we look back at one of the all-time clashes in the George Main Stakes, before current day…