Easter's Worth Fighting For

THE "Save Easter Saturday for Royal Randwick" campaign should get a conclusion this week. Australian Jockey Club members have been requested to petition Racing NSW and NSW Minister for Racing Kevin Greene over the issue. In a recent newsletter the AJC reported: "Easter was once described by the revered Sydney racing journalist Max Presnell as 'the sacred season of the Australian Jockey Club'." So true, but I'm not rusted in to the degree that I think change with good reason shouldn't be ...

Ruby's Flying For A Hat-trick

We are really coming to the tailend of the spring now, with field sizes starting to drop away noticeably. Tomorrow's Eclipse Stakes meeting looks a tricky prospect from a punting perspective with rain forecast and the possiblity of a significantly rain-affected track adding an extra degree of difficulty.