Sixty slabs of beer stolen from Warrnambool Racing Club

Singapore - On a sunny Saturday afternoon in the far north of Singapore, a weekend ritual is in full swing. Racegoers at the Singapore Turf Club are crowded around banks of screens, studying the odds for the afternoon's upcoming horse races. Many are clutching newspapers, scrutinising the form guide in the hope of picking out a winner. The crowd is…

Luton Town visit the Toughsheet Community Stadium on Tuesday to face Bolton Wanderers in a third round replay of their FA Cup tie. Last Sunday, the sides played out a 0-0 stalemate in Luton, with the hosts unable to capitalize on their dominance - the Hatters mustered 18 shots in the game, including six on target, and held 63% of the…

NARACOORTE trainer Sue Murphy's dream of Hasta La War lining up in this year's Melbourne Cup is still alive despite the gelding not gaining automatic entry into the big race last Saturday at Flemington. Had Hasta La War won the $500000 Andrew Ramsden over 2800 metres, he would have been guaranteed a start in the 3200 metre Melbourne Cup in the…

Team Teal is a campaign with Harness Racing New Zealand (HRNZ) aimed at raising awareness and funds for ovarian cancer. Racing across six weeks in February and March, all funds raised by local clubs and Team Teal will go towards the Australian New Zealand Gynaecological Oncology Group. Riverton is having their annual Club Cup Day at Ascot Park on…

Craft beer brand Jubel teased BrewDog at Twickenham over the weekend, inviting punters to throw cups of the latter's Black Heart stout down a toilet. BrewDog last week unveiled plans to host blind tastings of its latest launch against Guinness ahead of the Six Nations matches on 4-5 February. However, Jubel claimed the brewer had "pinched" its idea…

THE New Year has seen a complete turnaround in the form of the seven-year-old mare Bossy Britches. After winning her sixth career at Naracoorte In April, 2021, Bossy Britches went off the boil and even her first two runs this campaign prior to Christmas gave no indication that she was about to regain her old winning ways. But, come 2023, and the…

THE thrill of Runbro's victory in last month's Nhill Cup has been soured somewhat. At only his second run this preparation, the Belinda O'Loughlin trained gelding produced the goods to win his second cup for 2022 and his connections were looking forward to a successful 2023 summer cups campaign. "He did a tendon and has been retired," stable…

CUMBERLAND, ME - Maine horse people raised $3000 on behalf of Futures For Standardbreds (FFS) and presented the funds to the New England-based aftercare organization on Monday's (Dec. 27) final day of harness racing at First Tracks Cumberland. It all started rather innocently for Mary Beth Ranger, the wife of leading New England reinsman Bruce…

The big query around Ballarat Cup day was the weather, with the track improving back into the good range on race morning before a deluge struck, downgrading the surface to a soft 7. Jockeys were keen to get as far away from the inside fence as possible the later the day went on. Hypothetical landed some good bets in Race 1, making it four wins from…

Luton Town will be aiming to deliver a positive response to their recent defeat to Stoke City when they host Rotherham United at Kenilworth Road this weekend. In what turned out to be Jones' final game in charge of the club, the Hatters produced an underwhelming display against the Potters as an own-goal from Tom Lockyer as well as an effort from…

Every ASU student knows it: If you ride a bike to campus, bring a lock, and even then, be prepared to come back from class with it stolen. It happened to Sara Hambleton last month. Hambleton, a sophomore studying marketing, parked her bike outside of the Sun Devil Fitness Complex to go to work. She locked it up using U-lock, considered to be the…

Gold Trip winning the Melbourne Cup ahead of Emissary and High Emocean. Picture: Racing Photos Racing Victoria's diagnostic imaging capacity will be tripled next year with two new scanners to be installed in Cranbourne and Werribee. A second-straight Melbourne Cup without a serious horse limb injury has endorsed the veterinary protocols in…

Exeter and Wincanton Racecourses have reported'outstanding' interest in the inaugural West Country Weekend, when both tracks will combine their two feature race days on Friday 4th and Saturday 5th November. The Jockey Club initiative will see Exeter's Betway Haldon Cup Day moved from its traditional slot on Tuesday 1st November to the Friday of…

There's only one place you can find A-listers, festivities, fashion, and food-and that's the Carlton Draught Caulfield Cup Carnival. This October, the iconic series will kick off Melbourne's infamous spring racing season and is not to be missed. We all know and love the classic race-day outing, but the food on offer at this year's Carlton Draught…

TRIBUTE: Veteran jumps trainer Eric Musgrove (pictured) has paid tribute to Collingwood great Bill Picken. Picture: Morgan Hancock VETERAN jumps trainer Eric Musgrove was shocked to hear of the sudden passing of Collingwood great Bill Picken at Hamilton on Saturday. Picken, 66, who played 212 games of VFL-AFL footy, received numerous accolades from…

The Warrnambool Racing Carnival has provided record turnover while a crowd of over 29000 attended the three-day meeting. Wagering over the three days eclipsed $67 million for the first time, which was an increase of 6.9% on the meeting's 2021 figure. The Warrnambool Racing Club recorded 29048 patrons across the three days, with record membership of…

GENEROUS: Janice McKenna, Ciaron Maher, Hugh Bowman, Jamie Kah, Colin McKenna and JD Hayes with the Warrnambool Cup. Picture: Morgan Hancock AUSTRALIA'S stars of the turf Hugh Bowman, Jamie Kah, Gai Waterhouse, Michelle Payne, Ciaron Maher, Ben and JD Hayes gathered in Woolsthorpe on the eve of the May Racing Carnival to help raise more than…

Jumps racing will take centre stage at Warrnambool again this week and Ballarat trainer Amy McDonald says she can't help but feel the anticipation. Last year, McDonald carried the weight of expectation into the first day of the three-day May racing carnival, but she was put at ease when her star jumper Flying Agent won the $150000 Brierly…

Police are "confident" someone in the community will be able to help them after thousands of beer cans were cruelly stolen from a Victorian racing club over the Anzac Day long weekend. The theft occurred between 5pm on April 23 and 9.30am on April 26 when three shipping containers on the south side of the Warrnambool Racing Club were broken into on…

The Warrnambool Racing Club is working hard to keep a pest from being a factor at next month's traditional May Carnival. The three-day carnival in the first week of May is a test for all that attend. Horses, riders, stable staff, track workers and punters themselves are thoroughly tested during the carnival, which culminates with Australia's…

TOUGH SECOND: Lindsey Smith said Tuvalu ran a top race at Flemington considering the chance he may have gall-stones. Punters who took the odds-on for Tuvalu at Flemington on Saturday were left with worthless tickets but Warrnambool trainer Lindsey Smith said there were excuses for the shock defeat of the promising four-year-old. Tuvalu was beaten a…

Wesley Ward's Norfolk Stakes prize, one of many stolen from his US home Trainer Wesley Ward said his family is "devastated" at the theft of 12 golden Royal Ascot trophy boxes from his home in Versailles, Kentucky on Tuesday morning. Ward has become a major figure at Royal Ascot since landing a juvenile double with Strike The Tiger and Jealous Again…

The Warrnambool racing carnival is not only a test for horses, jockeys and trainers, but also punters, bar staff, taxi drivers, livers - the list goes on... We caught up with a handful of punters, ranging in different levels of'Bool experience, to see how they tackle the famous three-day carnival. READ: Warrnambool racing insights from Ciaron…

The push to get professional punters back on-course and betting in the bookies' ring will reach a "watershed" moment next month when Victoria's hallmark country racing carnival at Warrnambool hosts up to 90 per cent of its normal bookmaker levels. The three-day carnival in the first week of May, featuring the time-honoured Grand Annual Steeplechase…

It went unnoticed because it was not worth celebrating, but Wednesday night's Happy Valley meeting was the one-year anniversary of Covid-19 restrictions first being introduced to Hong Kong racing. January 27, 2020 - the Lunar New Year meeting - was the first time crowd restrictions were enforced and they have remained in play, in some shape, ever…