Bustling has verified his reputation as WA’s best two-year-old with one the most convincing of wins ever registered in the Group 2 $500,000 Amelia Park – Karrakatta Plate (1200m). Throughout this campaign, Bustling has been supported by punters in his runs as though defeat was out of the question and Saturday was no exception, with … Read more
AINTREE — There is one certainty in the Grand National. Whatever wins, there will be a good story to tell at the end of it. Every horse will have a devoted groom and hard-grafting staff behind them, all enjoying the best moments of their working lives. It might be something for the record books. The … Read more
Emmet Mullins is an extraordinary trainer, even for a Mullins. We suspected there was something different about him when he expertly managed The Shunter through a hurdling and chasing campaign to scoop a Cheltenham Festival jackpot in 2021. Other shrewd coups followed. And any doubts that Willie’s nephew wasn’t just “one of the bottles”, but … Read more
For good or bad, the Cheltenham Festival has become the Willie Mullins show. So much so that it’s not a question of if the multiple Irish champion trainer will eke out the half-dozen he needs to bring up his century of career Festival winners this week, but when. He might even Bazball the Brits out … Read more
Oliver Bearman is suddenly the most famous Englishman in Italy. His Prema teammate in Formula Two, Kimi Antonelli, might yet become the most famous Italian in England should he get the nod from Mercedes to replace Lewis Hamilton. Combined the talented nation shifters are four years younger than Hamilton. Little marks the passing of time … Read more
Opinion Chief Sports Correspondent Lewis won’t take questions. Toto won’t either. And there’s not a peep out of Ferrari. The biggest transfer in F1 history is being given the silent treatment February 14, 2024 3:42 pm Hamilton was the elephant in the room at the Mercedes team launch (Photo: Getty) Launch season in Formula One … Read more
Lewis Hamilton is reportedly in line to join Ferrari for the 2025 Formula One season. Ferrari want seven-time champion Hamilton to partner Charles Leclerc after 12 years with Mercedes. Hamilton signed a new deal until the end of the 2025 season with Mercedes last summer, by which time he would be 40, but it appears … Read more
Photo: I, Acarpentier, CC BY 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons Little-known fact about me: Since the age of three, I’ve been a real winter sports enthusiast. Long before Jalopnik, way back in high school, I was even a snowboard instructor up in Vermont. Every weekend of every winter was spent up at the mountain, sleeping … Read more
Harlequins’ Nick David in action against Cardiff Harlequins took a giant stride towards progressing to the knockout stages of the Champions Cup with a bonus-point victory over Cardiff in a thrilling game at a sold-out Arms Park. Cardiff competed fiercely in the first half hour but were then out-gunned by some exhilarating play from the … Read more
