This Time Luck Deserts Punter

WITH the Chappell-Hadlee Trophy under his arm and his first one-day century at Bellerive Oval in the record books, Ricky Ponting ventured to Elwick greyhound track for the Hobart Thousand last night on a high.

Newitt Steers A True Course

SUCH is the roll that comeback jockey Craig Newitt is on at the moment, he was able to go where other jockeys refused, winning yesterday's $400,000 Hobart Cup (2200m) at Elwick on the Ballarat-trained True Courser.

Cheap Thrills As Faith In Broodmare Pays

A victory at Elwick last weekend by a $2500 filly meant much to her Victorian breeder

Falls Set Pace At The Valley

After a day of nasty falls at Sandown and Elwick, the night meeting at Moonee Valley also started with an early sensation when Bendigo-trained two-year-old Easy Core crashed through the inside running rail shortly after the start of the first race. Veteran jockey Ron Burgess, who came from Bendi

Female Jockey Suffers Spinal Injuries In Race Fall

One of Australia's leading female jockeys suffered severe spinal injuries when she fell from a horse during a race in Hobart yesterday. Four jockeys and their horses fell during the first race at Elwick Racecourse. Three jockeys were taken to Royal Hobart Hospital, including Beverley Bucking

Jockeys In Track Brawl

MELBOURNE: Melbourne jockey Gary Skinner was fined $500 and leading Tasmanian jockey Stephen Maskiell was fined a total of $1,700 on two separate charges, one of those after the pair exchanged punches in the mounting yard, in a dramatic day at Elwick in Hobart on Saturday. Maskiell also ha

Another Cup For White

HOBART: Champion jockey Harry White again proved he is Australia's best distance rider with a dashing display to win yesterday's $102,500 Benson And Hedges Hobart Cup, 2,380m, at Elwick. White, who won the Hobart Cup in 1970 on Dark Purple, rode 7-4 favourite Brisque to a 1 1/2-length vict

High Winds No Match For High Spirits

HOBART: Gusty winds played havoc with acoustics but didn't buffet the spirits of the faithful at yesterday's Papal Mass. The Mass, against a magnificent backdrop of the Derwent River and Mt Wellington, was attended by about 20,000 people at Elwick Park racecourse. This was rather less