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Cummings changes tack with So You Think for lead-up to Cox PlateMonday, September 6, 2010 @ 12:09PMHorseracing: The progress of Cox Plate favorite So You Think in Saturday's Dato Tan Chin Nam Stakes will be known in another week.

Thousands stuck after Birdsville floodsSunday, September 5, 2010 @ 11:56PMFlooding has stranded thousands of tourists in the outback Queensland town of Birdsville.

'Best time to be flooded' in QueenslandSunday, September 5, 2010 @ 6:34PMThousands of tourists remain stranded in the outback town of Birdsville, after its famous race meeting was washed out.

Thousands stranded after outback delugeSunday, September 5, 2010 @ 6:07PMTHOUSANDS of tourists remain stranded in the outback town of Birdsville, after its famous race meeting was washed out.

Brilliant Light to shine in Theo MarksSunday, September 5, 2010 @ 4:58AMAn encouraging first foray into weight-for-age racing in the Warwick Stakes has trainer Kerry Parker looking forward to the preparation ahead for Brilliant Light.

JUST LIKE IT IS – More kudos yetSaturday, September 4, 2010 @ 11:52PMThe front page picture in Wednesday’s DAILY Nation of international superstar Rihanna viewing herself in wax at the famous Madame Tussauds Museum in Washington, DC, brought to mind the comment by former United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan that Barbados consistently “punches above its weight”.

One voice gracing racing: Announcer Mary Ryan-Hirsch looks back on 35 years behind the micSaturday, September 4, 2010 @ 4:11AMThe Saratogian

Sherrington: College football doesn't just mean businessSaturday, September 4, 2010 @ 1:52AMCollege football has become a Fortune 500 business, with budgets big enough to embarrass a bailed-out banker, writes Kevin Sherrington. And yet we can't help but love it.

Priscilla Hastings: Racing trainer who bridged the gender gap in her sportFriday, September 3, 2010 @ 6:03PMThere was a reminder of two of the sport of horse racing's stereotypes with the recent death of Priscilla Hastings at the age of 90: firstly, its misogynist tendencies, and secondly the importance of a good pedigree.