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HORSE RACING

Speed to burn: Super Too returns to the track at Randwick on Saturday.

Super Too ready to fly again

Marc Conners has always thought flying filly Super Too would get to stakes level but after a six-month break from racing and bone chip surgery he just wants her to show she is back on race day.

Gerald Ryan stable shines at Rosehill trials

One to watch: The Gerald Ryan-trained Menari looked in great shape at the Rosehill trials.

Last Monday brought another marvellous set of barrier trials at Rosehill, with a selection of rising three-year-olds who celebrate their birthday in 10 days time and a large number from Gerald Ryan's stable doing themselves proud.

Punters expected to pile into Everest jackpots

No Everest: Harry Angel takes the July Cup  at Newmarket but is unlikely to come Sydney

Racing NSW is expecting October's Everest to be Sydney's biggest betting race for the year, with lotto-like jackpots for punters to chase that will fuel the $10 million sprint being raced for $15 million or even $20 million in coming years.

Treatment of The Farm and Canterbury a sorry affair

Blake Shinn rides Cauthen's Power to win at Warwick Farm racecourse.

Windsor has few prestige races yet it provides a cheery experience. Hen parties cluster on the lawns, sharp suited likely lads who spend more on their hair cuts than a case of pinot noir chat up lasses with cheery banter amid queues from better-than-average food shacks and the access to the parade ring and winner's enclosure is ultimately informal."

ATC builds new training track at Canterbury

Unbeaten: Ryan Moore rides Caravaggio to win The Commonwealth Cup at Royal Ascot.

The Australian Turf Club is building a $3 million synthetic training track at Canterbury for the expected arrival of unbeaten Irish sprinter Caravaggio for the Everest as it plans for the future of the inner city track.