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Stuart Kendrick is at a loss to explain how apprentice Sheriden Tomlinson seems the only rider capable of getting Star Of Michelin to put his mind on the job early in a race. Tomlinson won his second race in three starts when Star Of Michelin stuck his head out late to defy the grinding finish of Penshurst in the Class 6 Handicap. At Tomlinson’s two previous rides on the horse, Star Of Michelin also settled handier to the speed. But away from Tomlinson, the son of Jet Spur just hasn’t been interested in playing any early part in his races.

Why I Love... My DAW John Walden I’m addicted to YouTube. A couple of weeks ago, its slightly scary algorithms coughed up a video clip from BBC TV’s 1980s ‘new technology’ programme Tomorrow’s World. This clip featured Michael Rodd exploring the original TEAC/Tascam Portastudio 144 (see https://youtu.be/fPFPGjhIUUo). It brought a smile to my face and a tear to my eye. If there was ever a single device that enabled the home recording studio revolution, the humble TEAC 144 was it. It was also the starting point for my own fascination with recording technology; back in th...

Punters post-race: Saturday racing in review, January 23 by James Lamb, Luke Sheehan & David Hocking Artorius dominated his rivals at Sandown Image: Getty A Freedman-trained 2YO stole the show at Sandown, a Kiwi star enhanced her reputation even further, and we saw an all-time sick beat in Sydney. Star Performer Levante in the Westbury Classic (Ellerslie R3) Wins don't come much bigger than that of Levante's over the ditch at Ellerslie in the G2 Westbury Classic. The Ken Kelso-trained daughter of Proisir looked like she was in all sorts of bother at the 600m mark when dead-last ...

Racing industry mourns loss of celebrated Rocky jockey Jockey Larry Allen and the late Theodore-based trainer Mick Hanlon deep in thought after another winner at Callaghan Park in January, 1981. Horses Tony McMahon Premium Content Subscriber only In particular, senior Rockhampton racing followers and Queensland industry stakeholders as a whole, will be saddened to hear of the passing of jockey Larry Allen who was a leading figure at Callaghan Park in the late '70s and '80s. Brisbane-based Allen, 66, long retired from jockeying, died in a Brisbane hos...

Watch �� Sugar Boom romps home at the Gold Coast Posted by: Graham Potter+ at 5:05pm on 9/1/2021 The Tony Gollan trained Sugar Boom turned the fifth race at the Gold Coast … the Gold Coast Open, a 900m dash … into a one-horse procession, dictating events from start to finish without ever looking in any danger of defeat. Michael Rodd jumped the four-year-old daughter of Spirit Of Boom into the leading line out of the gates and, from there, she had the race result fully under her control. Sugar Boom has had a lightly raced season … this was only her fourth...