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Political snippets: All eyes on the racing game

The legal actions between horse owner Nathan Tinkler and horse trainer Anthony Cummings due to be heard in New South Wales later this year will be keenly watched by those interested in the auction system as a means of purchase.

The Media Monitors' Top 20: Jow Hockey, he ain’t no Bart Cummings

Plenty of movement this week as the Victorian election campaign kicks off.

The Media Monitors' Top 20: Rudd’s media supremacy is a safe punt

Lucky punter Kevin Rudd stays at the front of the pack, with Tony Abbott, Julia Gillard and Nicola Roxon all jockeying to gain some ground on the field, and Bart Cummings galloping in from the rear.

Big cup done and dusted by Irish trifecta

Yesterday’s gigantic sting by Shocking caught thousands upon thousands of pundits, coat-tuggers, gombeens and gobshites who all said that Bart could do no wrong, writes TP Maher.

On the punt with Ramzan Kadyrov

First Dog’s tips for the Grozny Cup

Bart just like the black knight checkmating the field

The Cualfield Cup winner was bought for $50,000 out of a paddock by Bart Cummings. No one knows how, or why, he does it — but we know he must do it, because he has been doing it for years., writes TP Maher.

Thoroughbred racing can sniff a quid, and a hand-out

The thoroughbred racing industry can sniff a quid, especially a taxpayer-funded hand-out, at 2000 metres on a wet track, writes Alex Mitchell.