More Foreign Raiders Take Flight For Cup

THE first wave of international gallopers arrive in Melbourne tomorrow morning but there might be a flood of overseas competitors in the Melbourne Cup, as six more horses have entered quarantine in Europe.

More Foreign Raiders Eye Cup

THE first wave of international gallopers arrive in Melbourne tomorrow morning but there might be a flood of overseas competitors in the Melbourne Cup, as six more horses have entered quarantine in Europe.

Robl Joins Patinack After 'left-field' Offer

FREE-spending Nathan Tinkler has made another major investment, taking on Peter Robl as first jockey for his Patinack Farm horses.

Gai Sticking To Provincial Plan

GAI Waterhouse loves to start her good horses at the provincial tracks and Rock Kingdom might add his name to a long list in the Cove Financial Group Maiden Plate (1200 metres) at Kembla Grange tomorrow.

Gai Tours With Rock

GAI Waterhouse loves to start her good horses at the provincial tracks and Rock Kingdom might add his name to a long list in the Cove Financial Group Maiden Plate (1200m) at Kembla Grange tomorrow.

International Raiders Target Three Majors

INTERNATIONAL horses could contest all three major spring races in Melbourne for the first time since 2005 following a positive overseas response yesterday to the first declarations for the feature races.

Bookworms' Time To Revel

THERE may not be any horses tearing up the turf at Kembla Grange Racecourse this weekend, but that won't disappoint Illawarra bookworms.

The Five Albums You Should Listen To

1 Horses (1975) The rock world had gone bland and pompous and this album, still the best thing Smith has ever done, both captured and was a forerunner to the punk Zeitgeist that would sweep the world over the next 18 months. This poetic, edgy and simple rock'n'roll was new, revolutionary and showed the way forward.