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News.com.au
20 hours ago
- Sport
- News.com.au
John Singleton's ‘delicate' filly Gerringong to rock Ipswich as Gai Waterhouse bids to win her own race
The party-style atmosphere on Ipswich Cup day may not be the ideal sweet spot for a 'delicate' filly but it is where John Singleton's youngster Gerringong can make a spring carnival statement. Larrikin owner Singleton has slashed his racing interests in recent years but thought enough of Gerringong to keep her to race, in partnership with some rugby league greats including Mick Cronin, Bob O'Reilly and Peter Wynn. The three-year-old filly is favourite for the Listed Gai Waterhouse Classic (1200m) as Waterhouse tries to win the race named after her for the second time in six years. Gerringong has won two of her five career starts and what stands out on stalks is her effort in the $3m Sunlight 3YO slot race on the Sunshine Coast in January. She finished only four-and-a-half lengths off subsequent Group 1 winner Private Harry, with 2024 Golden Slipper champ Lady of Camelot the runner-up that night. 'The first and second horses in that race were two proper Group 1 horses and she wasn't too far off them, having a luckless run,' co-trainer Adrian Bott said. Private Harry takes out the Inaugural running of the TAB Sunlight! ðŸ'� @mmsnippets @SCTurfClub @ndoyleracing @AshMorgan6 — SKY Racing (@SkyRacingAU) January 4, 2025 • 'She was only having her third race start and also probably coming to the back end of her preparation. 'She did a remarkable job in that one campaign and she has shown improvement this time in. 'She is quite a delicate sort of horse but she has got plenty of natural talent. 'As she keeps getting deeper into her career and matures and becomes seasoned, hopefully we can see a nice progressive filly. 'She was showing promise in her early days so Singo was more than happy to hold onto her and some of the other partners (owners) he put into the horse were keen to race her as well.' • Warnie can honour cricket legend with consolation victory Gerringong has had two starts this campaign for two runner-up finishes, in the Listed Denise's Joy Stakes at Scone and the Listed Queensland Day Stakes at Eagle Farm. At Eagle Farm, she got well back and rattled to the line. From a wide barrier around the tricky Ipswich track, Bott is hoping the filly can be closer in the run and show she can be a spring carnival player. 'We should be able to give her a nice freshen up after this and find something in the spring for her,' Bott said. That was impressive! ðŸ'µâš° Gerringong sprouted wings late under @clarkyhk and wins on debut for @GaiWaterhouse1 + some rugby league legends! — SKY Racing (@SkyRacingAU) November 29, 2024 'Last start, she was a bit slow into stride when I thought she might have been a bit more forward in the run. 'She does have tactical speed, so she may have an opportunity to be a bit more forward at Ipswich to try to offset the barrier. 'This race used to be raced over 1350m and I wouldn't have minded if it still was. 'I think we could stretch this filly to 1400m-1600m going forward, but she will still be good at 1200(m) at this point.' Sydney jockey Regan Bayliss will have the job of working some magic with Gerringong from the wide barrier. Bayliss has a strong book of rides on Ipswich Cup day including Osmose for Waterhouse and Bott in the Ipswich Cup and Eye Liner Stakes favourite Warnie for Ciaron Maher.
News.com.au
2 days ago
- Sport
- News.com.au
Racing Confidential: Renaming Group 1 Queen Of The Turf Stakes in honour of Gai Waterhouse would be fitting tribute to champion trainer
On the eve of the 20th running of the Listed $200,000 Gai Waterhouse Classic at Ipswich on Saturday, surely the time has come to consider naming a feature Sydney race in honour of the Hall of Fame trainer. Waterhouse, often referred to as 'Australian Racing Royalty', is hugely popular with the racing public, her fame transcends the sport and her record of racetrack achievement is extraordinary. So, why not rename the Group 1 Queen Of The Turf Stakes at Royal Randwick on Day 2 of The Championships the ' Gai Waterhouse Queen Of The Turf Stakes'? The race is run on Waterhouse's home track and over the famous 'mile' course where she has trained the winners of seven Doncaster Mile s, seven Epsom Handicap s, 11 Flight Stakes, five Champagne Stakes and four George Main Stakes. Similarly, all-time greats John Hawkes and the late Bart Cummings have feature races named after them interstate but not in Sydney where both trained for the bulk of their celebrated careers. Waterhouse, who trains in partnership with Adrian Bott, is after her second win in the Ipswich race named after her on Saturday with the John Singleton-owned Gerringong, the $2.70 favourite. She won the race previously with Ready To Prophet in 2019. The Hall of Fame trainer also has Osmose in the Listed $250,000 Ipswich Cup (2150m), a race she won with Bianca in 2008. At Royal Randwick, the Waterhouse-Bott stable has Bases Loaded among the main chances in the Listed $200,000 Civic Stakes (1400m). • M aher given keys to Leilani Lodge at Royal Randwick â– â– â– â– â– Two things missing from Sydney racing Regally bred Central Coast gets the job done at Canterbury, and that's the First 4 to @cwallerracing after he trained the Quinella in Race 1 at Doomben as well! ðŸ'° @aus_turf_club @coolmorestud — SKY Racing (@SkyRacingAU) June 18, 2025 Sydney Saturday meetings will have an unusual feel to them in next two weeks with no two-year-old racing. Usually, Saturday racedays start with a juvenile opener but none have been programmed for Royal Randwick this weekend or for Rosehill Gardens on June 28. Instead, there was two races for two-year-olds at Canterbury last Wednesday – one for colts and geldings, the other for fillies – and that is also the case for Kensington on June 25. At the Canterbury midweeker, Coolmore's crack colt Central Coast, a $1.4m yearling purchase, scored an impressive when he led home a Chris Waller -trained 'first four' before the Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained Kakadu Sunset ran down Avenue Montaigne and $3 million filly Ernaux to win the fillies division. It would be preferable to have these high profile two-year-olds racing on a Saturday to generate interest during a low-key period of the season. â– â– â– â– â– Country flavour for midweek metro meetings? That's a sign for the boys! 🕰 Boys Night Out cruises to victory in the TAB Highway for @mattydunnracing and @Aaronbullock90! @aus_turf_club | @HsktBloodstock — SKY Racing (@SkyRacingAU) May 31, 2025 Should TAB Highways be added to midweek metropolitan meetings? Even with the two juvenile races at Canterbury on Wednesday, there were only 60 starters across seven races, and only four with enough runners for each way betting. At Kensington a week earlier, there were only 50 starters on a six-race program. But TAB Highways invariably attract the biggest fields every Saturday and it could be worth trying them at midweek meetings to ensure there are at least seven races each Wednesday. â– â– â– â– â– Huge fields at Randwick on Saturday 🚨TAB Track Report 🚨 The latest at Royal Randwick ahead of Racing for Good Charity Raceday. @racing_nsw | @tabcomau | @SkyRacingAU | @7horseracing 🎟ï¸�Tickets: â›…ï¸� Weather Tracker: — Australian Turf Club (@aus_turf_club) June 19, 2025 There are no issues with numbers for Royal Randwick on Saturday with 165 acceptors on the 10-race program with the smallest field size of 11 for the fourth annual 'Racing For Good' charity raceday. The Australian Turf Club Foundation joins with long-time charity partner ASX Refinitive Charity Foundation to raise funds and awareness for a range of charities. In the past three years, the 'Racing For Good' race days have raised more than $350,000 for charities that address specific needs within local communities including equine-assisted therapy, family support and educational services.
Yahoo
4 days ago
- Entertainment
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From 'Friday' to 'Get Out,' watch these 10 popular movies with Black stars this Juneteenth
Juneteenth is Thursday, a celebration of the end of African American slavery. Just like Halloween and Christmas, this is a holiday that can be celebrated with a movie night. Below are 10 films with stories of major cultural significance told by Black creatives and how to watch them: The heir to the hidden but advanced kingdom of Wakanda must step forward to lead his people into a new future and must confront a challenger from his country's past. Directed by Ryan Coogler; starring Chadwick Boseman, Michael B. Jordan, Lupita Nyong'o, and Danai Gurira. You don't need watch all the prior Marvel films before watching this, but you may benefit a bit if you've already seen "Captain America: Civil War." The movie is available to stream for subscribers of Disney+, Fubo, and YouTube TV. You may also be able to stream it on the NBC app if you have an applicable TV provider. Follows the lives of three young men living in the Crenshaw ghetto of Los Angeles, dissecting questions of race, relationships, violence, and future prospects. Directed by John Singleton; starring Ice Cube, Morris Chestnut, Laurence Fishburne, and Cuba Gooding Jr. The movie is available to stream for subscribers of Starz. You can also watch it for free with ads on Pluto TV. A sequel to the 1992 horror film, it focuses on an artist exploring the macabre history of the Candyman which opens up a terrifying Pandora's box. Directed by Nia DaCosta; starring Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and Teyonah Parris. While there are a few parts that have a bit more punch if you've seen the previous Candyman films, you don't need to watch them ahead of time. The movie is available to stream for subscribers of Peacock. An adaptation of the popular musical which tells the story of a woman facing many hardships, but ultimately finding extraordinary strength and hope in the unbreakable bonds of sisterhood. Directed by Blitz Bazawule; starring Fantasia Barrino, Taraji P. Henson, and Danielle Brooks. The movie is available to stream for subscribers of Max. You may also be able to stream it on the Cinemax app if you have an applicable TV provider. Two best friends in Los Angeles need to come up with some money fast that they owe a local drug dealer. Directed by F. Gary Gray; starring Ice Cube and Chris Tucker. As of Monday, the movie is not free on any streaming services. So you can either rent it for about $4 with on-demand services like AppleTV and Amazon Prime or buy it from these kinds of services for $10 to $15. A young Black man visits his white girlfriend's parents for the weekend, where his simmering uneasiness about their reception of him eventually reaches a boiling point. Directed by Jordan Peele; starring Daniel Kaluuya, Bradley Whitford, and Catherine Keener. The movie is available to stream for subscribers of Peacock. You can also watch it for free on Tubi, but there may be ads. A biographical epic of the controversial and influential Black Nationalist leader Malcolm X, taking the audience from his early life and career as a small-time gangster to his ministry as a member of the Nation of Islam and his eventual assassination. Directed by Spike Lee; starring Denzel Washington and Angela Bassett. The movie is available to stream for free on Tubi, but there may be ads. In an alternate present-day version of Oakland, a telemarketer discovers a magical key to professional success, propelling him into a universe of greed. Directed by Boots Riley; starring LaKeith Stanfield, Tessa Thompson, and Jermaine Fowler. The movie is available to stream for free on Plex and PlutoTV, but there may be ads. You can also buy it on-demand for pretty cheap: $5. A biographical flick illustrating the 1955 murder of 14-year-old Emmett Till via lynching and his mother's mission for justice. Directed by Chinonye Chukwu; starring Danielle Deadwyler, Jalyn Hall, and Frankie Faison. The movie is available to stream it with ads on Prime Video. Another biography, this one set in the antebellum centered on Solomon Northup, a free Black man from upstate New York who is abducted and sold into slavery. Directed by Steve McQueen; starring Chiwetel Ejiofor, Benedict Cumberbatch, Michael Fassbender, and Lupita Nyong'o. The movie is available to stream for subscribers of Paramount+ and Fubo. Miguel Legoas is a Deep South Connect Team Reporter for Gannett/USA Today. Find him on Instagram @miguelegoas and email at mlegoas@ This article originally appeared on Augusta Chronicle: Celebrating Juneteenth: How to watch, stream 10 Black movies at home
News.com.au
31-05-2025
- Entertainment
- News.com.au
Heartbroken mum becomes a recluse after daughter's death
Julie Singleton's heartbreaking statement to a coronial inquest has confirmed claims the mother-of-four has become a virtual recluse in her home, in Sydney's eastern suburbs, since her daughter died in a random attack at Bondi Junction 13 months ago. Friends of the lawyer say she has been held up in her home for over a year, rarely taking phone calls and, apart from regular appearances at the Westfield inquest, barely leaves the house. Sources say the grieving mother has, since her 25-year-old's daughter's tragic death, stopped leaving the house to shop for food and provisions and now has groceries and supplies delivered to her home to help avoid public scrutiny or contact. A second statement tendered to the inquest this week also contradicted media reports the soon-to-be married Dawn had been at Westfield Bondi Junction to shop for make-up for her upcoming wedding. Friends of the deceased have previously informed this column Dawn was set to have her makeup done by a professional on her wedding day, and had no need of wedding-day cosmetics. Having received a stern rebuke from Dawn's younger sister Daisy for granting an interview to 60 Minutes, Dawn's father John Singleton has taken a lower profile since the inquest began on April 28. INTERIM AVO DISMISSED A Sydney court has dismissed an interim AVO taken out on behalf of John Singleton's daughter Sally Singleton-Hawach. The matter was set to return to Parramatta Local Court on Tuesday. According to court records, the application was dismissed in the same court a week earlier. Ms Singleton-Hawach and her estranged husband Pierre Hawach fronted Parramatta Court on March 25 following an alleged domestic incident. It was the second time Ms Singleton-Hawach, executive producer of LAMP Music, singer and art therapist, and Hawach, a Parramatta divorce lawyer, have been before the courts. A similar order was applied for 2021 but withdrawn six months later after the couple, who had briefly separated, reconciled. The couple, who have three young children under eight, have now separated a second time after a decade of marriage The one-time society debutant is the second daughter of legendary adman Singleton and his third wife Belinda Green. She is also the half-sister of Dawn Singleton, the one-time media owner's daughter by his sixth wife, Julie. Dawn was one of six people fatally stabbed by Joel Cauchi at Westfield Bondi Junction last year. ABC GOES AFTER TOP FOODIES MasterChef Australia's three original judges – Matt Preston, Gary Mehigan and George Calombaris – are in talks to reunite for a mystery television project. Six years after Preston, Mehigan and Calombaris last collaborated, executives at the ABC are hoping the three can be brought together to recreate the MasterChef magic in a new culinary program on the public broadcaster. Industry sources last week said the trio hoped the yet-to-be-greenlit program would relaunch their prime time television careers. Flamboyant food critic Preston and restaurateur/chefs Calombaris and Mehigan enjoyed 11 seasons as presenters and judges on MasterChef before the three made a pact in 2019 to jointly walk away from the Ten Network reality series if they couldn't extract a better deal. Industry claims, reported by your scribe at the time, had it the men had each demanded a million dollar contract from Ten. This was 18 months after the financially embattled network had been acquired by American media company CBS (later rebranded Paramount) after entering into voluntary administration in 2017. Despite the program's consistently high ratings, Ten refused the trio's demands and the presenters left the program. The following year Preston and Mehigan were signed to Seven's short-lived cooking show, Plate of Origin, alongside chef Manu Feildel. The program lasted just four weeks and was cancelled due to poor ratings however both would be invited to appear on the 2022 season of Seven's My Kitchen Rules. The two have remained regular collaborators and this year have joined forces to conduct food adventure tours in Hong Kong and Taiwan as well as a tour of India. Meanwhile prior to and after his departure from MasterChef Calombaris was sunk in financial scandal after it emerged he had underpaid restaurant staff $7.83 million. Following the closure of his 21 restaurants his company went into voluntary administration. He eventually made his return to television in 2022 on Ten with a six-part docu-series entitled Hungry after working diligently to rehabilitate his career and reputation. All three men are said to be keen to re-establish the chemistry that made them household names from 2009 and to relaunch their on-screen partnership, even with the expected downsized ABC pay cuts. SEVEN'S POWER MOVE Departed Nine Network journalist Chris O'Keefe has received an approach from the Seven Network to return to television. Former Seven Perth news director Ray Kuka was only days into his new job as replacement for recently departed national news boss Anthony De Ceglie when Kuka started canvasing for an experienced hand to take the reins of his Sydney newsroom. The approach follows this column's revelation Seven's Sydney news director Sean Power, promoted under De Ceglie to move across from executive producer of Sunrise to run Seven's Sydney newsroom, is headed home to Melbourne. On Friday morning, the Seven Network released a statement confirming Power's move to Melbourne, while announcing him as the Network's new 'Director of News Integration and Strategy'. Current 7NEWS Sydney Executive Producer Geoff Dunn will step into the News Director, while revealing Gemma Acton - who was promoted to Director of News Operations - has quit the Network and will relocate with her family to Dubai 'for a new career opportunity'. O'Keefe, who was a reporter for Nine for over a decade before trying his hand at talk radio on Nine-owned Sydney station 2GB, quit the media, and Nine, at the end of last year. After announcing he was to start his own political advocacy business he surprised former colleagues by joining the Clean Energy Council as its national spokesman. According to our Seven sources, O'Keefe didn't hesitate in declining Kuka's offer leaving the Perth news veteran, another chairman's pick by Kerry Stokes or so we hear, to go hunting for a new contender. PAY PARITY TAKES BACKWARD STEP AT NINE The last word for the week must surely go to a report in The Australian earlier this week that Sarah Abo is earning $800k-a-year as co-anchor of Nine's Today show. The figure is roughly a quarter (or 28.5 per cent based on the lowest end of his estimate) of the salary currently being paid to her co-host Karl Stefanovic whose salary has been put at between $2.8 million and $3 million. Now this injustice should stick in the craw of Nine's news boss Fiona Dear, the first woman ever installed to run Nine's TV news division. If Dear (and Nine CEO Matt Stanton) has crunched the numbers, as indeed we have, the gender pay gap between the two Today co-hosts has grown since former anchor Lisa Wilkinson lost her job at Nine in 2017 for fighting hard – some have claimed too hard which we reckon is nonsense – to achieve pay parity with Stefanovic. While comedian and radio host Dave Hughes will always be a hero in our eyes for taking a pay cut in 2017 to ensure his co-host Kate Langbroek, who was on 40 per cent less, was given an equitable salary bump and even Kyle Sandilands insisted early in his radio partnership with Jackie 'O' that his 2DAYFM increase her salary from $80k to an equitable arrangement, it seems sexism is still king in television or at least in Nine's light news division.
ABC News
27-05-2025
- ABC News
NSW police commissioner cleared of misconduct over alleged leaking of Bondi victim's name
Outgoing NSW Police Commissioner Karen Webb has been cleared of misconduct allegations after she was accused of releasing the name of Bondi Junction stabbing victim Dawn Singleton to former talkback host Ray Hadley on the day of the attack. The Law Enforcement Conduct Commission (LECC) said on Tuesday that it received a complaint that Commissioner Webb "breached the NSW Police Force Media Policy by releasing the confidential details of a deceased person … prior to the deceased's next of kin being notified". On April 13 last year, Joel Cauchi killed six people and injured 10 with a knife during a rampage at the Westfield Shopping Centre in Sydney's east. 2GB radio host Ben Fordham on Tuesday recounted Hadley's versions of events. "It was the commissioner's way of saying it without saying it." Fordham said Hadley called the police commissioner on behalf of Ms Singleton's father, prominent businessman John Singleton. "He [Mr Singleton] said, 'I think my Dawnie is one of those who lost their life, and I can't confirm it,'" Hadley recounted on Fordham's show. The LECC said the investigation was concluded in March this year and that it was "satisfied that there was no misconduct by the Commissioner of Police in relation to this matter". The ABC reached out to NSW Police for comment. A coronial inquest into the stabbing attack remains underway to investigate the lessons that can be learned. Sue Chrysanthou, SC, the lawyer representing some victims' families, including Ms Singleton's, questioned Assistant Police Commissioner Peter McKenna on Tuesday. Victims of crime cannot be identified by police until their next of kin have been informed, have had reasonable time to tell others, and have given consent for identification, the court heard. Assistant Commissioner McKenna agreed under cross-examination that the code of conduct and ethics applied to "all police officers", including the police commissioner in relation to the release of information publicly. However, he emphasised that policies in place were "guidelines". "There are certain circumstances with some nuances where you may have to step outside of [them]," he said. Ms Chrysanthou said some of her clients "think there's been a major issue" that "hasn't been appropriately dealt with". Neither Dawn Singleton nor Ray Hadley were named in this line of inquiry. The hearing, in its last week, continues.
