Stathi Katsidis hops aboard one of Military Rose's Golden Slipper rivals when he rides Hinchinbrook in Sat's Grp 2 Pago Pago Stakes. Suspension forced the Qld jockey to miss the winning ride on Gold Coast star Military Rose in Sat's Riesling Slipper trial but he'll be back aboard the unbeaten filly in the Golden Slipper. Hong Kong based Darren Beadman will ride Hinchinbrook in the $3.5 million event.

Alcopop, the shooting star of last spring, is likely to have his Sydney campaign aborted. He's not been doing well and ran last at Rosehill on Saturday. Trainer Jake Stephens says nothing has gone right for Alcopop in Sydney. He's had a poor blood count and failed to stretch out when 10th in the Apollo Stakes. On Saturday, he ran a shocker in the Ranvet.

Battler trainer Michael Tubman remains confident his speed filly Chance Bye can win the Golden Slipper. He reckons she's on target for the$3.5m race after a smart solo gallop yesterday at Kembla Grange. She clocked 64.41s 1000m, zipping home in 35.52s for her final 600m. Kathy O'Hara had her under a tight rein until the 200m. Kathy says: I'm very happy with that and she will be spot-on come the Slipper day.' Tubman adds: 'It's just the sort of work I would have wanted two weeks from the Slipper. She will swim the rest of the week and go three-quarters on Thursday before a final blow-out the Tuesday before the Slipper... I'll be waiting for them in the Slipper...We just need a bit of luck in the Slipper and a good barrier draw.'

Latest Golden Slipper market from TAB Sportsbet:

MILITARY ROSE 3.20 1.55
CRYSTAL LILY (NOT NOM) 6.00 2.25
CHANCE BYE 9.00 3.00
SOLAR CHARGED 9.00 3.00
HINCHINBROOK 10.00 3.25
DECISION TIME (NOT NOM) 13.00 4.00
BENETEAU 13.00 4.00
SHAAHEQ 15.00 4.50
MASQUERADER (NOT NOM) 15.00 4.50
OBSEQUIOUS 21.00 6.00
ZUTARA (Doubtful) 21.00 6.00

Controversal Irish rider Kieron Fallon has been assaulted by the angry owner of a horse he beat at Saturday's Lingfield UK meeting. Fallon was unsaddling his mount Elna Bright after a 1400m race when a part-owner of two of his rivals in the race confronted him. The UK Racing Post says David Reynolds, the part-owner of the 3/1 fav The Scorching Wind and Seek The Fair Land, punched Fallon from behind. The jockey says: 'He came up behind me when I was unsaddling but I'm all right...he hits like a girl...I don't know what it was all about.' Stewards cleared Fallon of any foul riding in the race. Security guards ejected Reynolds from the course.

Grateful words...Hoss Heinrich, husband of trainer Gillian Heinrich, couldn't hide his elation after the barnstorming win by Military Rose at Rosehill. He says: 'It has taken 20 years but we might have found the best...That was pretty special and there's improvement left in her.' And Gillian adds: 'To match up against the top horses and do that is fantastic...'She is pretty versatile too which will help in the Golden Slipper. She can lead, get back, come off the speed...She has already proven it doesn't matter where she is in a race, she can find her way out.

Hugh Bowman and Nicholas Hall areout of next Sat's Rosehill Guineas meeting. Both copped suspensions at Rosehill. Bowman will miss the Rosehill Guineas ride on Derby prospect Zabrasive after being suspended for careless riding. He will return for the Golden Slipper on April 3. Hall, riding in Sydney for the first time, was outed for six meetings for careless riding in the Ranvet Stakes. He can resume riding on Mar 31.

Rosehill winner Military Rose is the new fav for the $3.5m Golden Slipper at Rosehill. TAB Sportsbet's market overnight has her at $3.60 (about 5/2).

SAT A.M prices and NOW
Military Rose 8...3.6
Crystal Lily (nn) 6...6
Solar Charged 4.6...9
Chance Bye 10...9
Hinchinbrook 13...10
Beneteau 13...13
Decision Time (nn) 26...13
Shaaheq 17...15
Masquerader (nn) N/N 15
Zutara (doubtful) 17...21
Osequious 71...21
Elimbari (doubtful) 15...26
Divorces 26...26
Psychologist 15...35
Georgette Silk 35...35
Carved In Stone 101...35
Brightexpectations 51...51
Others from 51

Gai Waterhouse has a new racing manager, with former Racing NSW chief handicapper Mark Webbey set to join Tulloch Lodge. Webbey's most recent employer was Patinack Farm, who earlier this week snaffled Waterhouse's racing manager Robyn Hartney.

He's off...Darley Australia says top performer Denman will be leaving Australia directly to be set for the July Cup at Newmarket later in the year. He joins the exodus of Darley 3YOs from last season and adds to the list of spring3YOs who have fallen by the wayside this season.

CAULFIELD 20/3
1st price listed is original price posted before scratchings
RACE MOVER
1 No early interest
2 No early interest
3 Ocean Dream $4.80-$4.40 ($2,000 @ $4.80)
4 La Bella Roo $12-$3.50 ($500 e/w @ $12, $2,000 e/w @ $9.50, $1,000 @ $7.50, $3,000 @ $4.40)
5 Instructor $7-$5.50 ($3,000 @ $6)
6 No early interest
7 Definitely Ready $2.50-$1.95 ($5,000 @ $1.95)
8 Im a Hussy $3.10-$2.80 ($16,000 @ $3)

EAGLE FARM 20/3
1st price listed is original price posted before scratchings
RACE MOVER
1 No early interest
2 No early interest
3 No early interest
4 Poor Judge $5 - $4.20 ($1000 @ $5)
5 No early interest
6 Guru $8.50 - $7.50 ($500 @ $8.50)
7 No early interest
8 No early interest

MORPHETTVILLE 20/3
1st price listed is original price posted before scratchings
RACE MOVER
4 Toorak Toff ($1000 @ $4.40 twice) unchanged @ $4.40
5 No early interest
6 Speedy Natalie $6 - $5.50 ($1000 @ $6) Absolute Faith $8.50 - $7.50 ($500 and $250 e/w @ $8.50, $700 e/w @ $8) Furline $21 - $18 ($1250 x $350 @ $21/$6)
7 Shekinaar $81 - $26 ($500 e/w @ $81, $500 e/w @ $51, $200 e/w @ $41, $200 e/w @ $31)

**TAB Sportsbet prices

MOONEE VALLEY 19/3
1st price listed is original price posted before scratchings
RACE MOVER
1 Trisara $3.50 - $2.10 ($2000 @ $3.50, $3000 @ $2.70, $4000 @ $2.20)
2 No early interest
3 Fivecougarsthanks $6 - $5 ($1000 @ $6)
4 Pimpernel $5.50 - $4.80 ($2000 @ $5.50)
5 Texan Warney $7 - $4.50 ($1200 @ $6.50 ,$800 @ $4.50)
6 Falaise $10 - $6 ($500 @ $10, $500 & $400 @ $8.50)
7 True Persuasion $2.90 - $2.30 ($2000 @ $2.90, $4000 @ $2.50 Amatheon $7.50 - $6 ($2000 @ $7.50, $700 and $500 e/w @ $7)
8 No early interest

ROSEHILL 20/3
1st price listed is original price posted before scratchings
RACE MOVER
1 No real interest
2 Commandare $7-$3.60 ($700 e/w @ $7, $1,250 e/w @ $6, $1,500 @ $5, $1,500 @ 4.60) Verballed $11 - $9.50 ($800 e/w @ $11)
3 Military Rose $7,000 @ $4, $2,800 @ $4 (no change), Solar Charged $3,000 @ $2 (no change)
4 Good go for Carved in Stone $71-$26 ($200 e/w @ $71, $100 e/w @ $71, $200 e/w @ $51, $297 @ $35, $200 @ $26), Butt Im Ready $2,000 e/w @ $21 (no change), Legalistic $15-$13 ($500 e/w @ $15)
5 Black Piranha $1,500 @ $7, $1,000 @ $6
6 Moatize $15-$12 ($600 @ $15, $1,000 e/w @ $13)
7 Set For Fame $8.50-$7.50 ($2000 @ $8.50, $1,000 @ $8), Palacio De Cristal $10-$7.50 ($1,000 @ $10, $500 @ $10, $1355 @ $9.50, $730 @ $9, $1,300 @ $9, $1000/$600 e/w @ $9, $500 e/w @ $8)
8 The Comedian $12-$10 ($1,500 @ $12)
9 Keepin the Dream $6-$5 ($1,500 @ $6) Bellagio Wynn $400 e/w @ $21 (no change), Jimmy Fortunes $35 ($300/$500 e/w @ $35)

**TAB Sportsbet prices

Inquiry into nothing...Surely stewards are not implying any dishonesty about Kerrin McEvoy's ride on Shakes at Randwick? Sure, he ran into some bad luck but that was it. Like many other jockeys in Sydney, or anywhere, he got boxed up and had nowhere to go in the final stages. It happens every day. However, those eagle-eyed Racing NSW stewards have asked McEvoy to "please explain" his ride. It centres around his handling near the 600m mark of the Tamarama Handicap (1400m). Shakes, a $7 chance, finished 3rd in the race won by El Sonador. TVN big-boy Richard Callender was huffing and puffing about the ride and making a big thing of it. Yawn...

Coolmore Classic latest...IASbet.com has four runners under double-figures in the latest market for Sat's big Coolmore Classic at Rosehill (race 7, Grp 1, 1500m). Lady Lynette is $6.00 fav, just ahead of Faint Perfume and Set For Fame, both on $6.50, and then Palacio de Cristal $8.00. Hurtle Myrtle is next best at $10.00 followed by Prima Nova $11.00.

REISLING SLIPPER TRIAL (latest market from TAB Sportsbet)

SOLAR CHARGED 2.00
PSYCHOLOGIST 4.00
MILITARY ROSE 4.00
ELIMBARI 9.00
YOSEI 16.00
OBSEQUIOUS 21.00
FIT AND READY 35.00
TRIPLE CROWN 71.00

Those pesky Kiwis...New Zealand-bred horses have now won 54 'black type' races in Australia this season. They've claimed six Group races this month. The Kiwis get further opportunity for Stakes race success this weekend with no fewer than 18 Group and Listed Races set to be staged in Australia & New Zealand.

Group and Listed Races set to be staged this weekend in Australia & New Zealand:

Rosehill Gardens (Saturday)
Coolmore Classic-Gr.1
Ranvet Stakes-Gr.1
Reisling Slipper Trial-Gr.2
Todman Slipper Trial-Gr.2
Canterbury Stakes-Gr.2
Phar Lap Stakes-Gr.2
The Schweppervesence-LR
Sky High Stakes-LR

Caulfield (Saturday)
Anniversary Vase-LR

Ascot (Saturday)
Hyperion Stakes-Gr.3
Old Australia Day Stakes-LR
Raconteur Stakes-LR
Ascot 1000 Guineas-LR
Supremacy Stakes-LR

Morphettville (Saturday)
Sportingbet Classic-Gr.1
Schweppes Oaks-Gr.1
The Jansz-Gr.3

Kembla Grange (Sunday)
Keith Nolan Classic-Gr.3

Trentham (Saturday)
NZ Oaks-Gr.1
Thompson Handicap-Gr.3
NZ St Leger-LR
Lightning Handicap-LR

Glen Boss was riding in great form at Newcastle on Wednesday but he didn't leave the track with a smile. Stewards suspended him from next Sunday until Mar 28 for careless riding on Newmarket winner Walking Or Dancing. They say GB permitted W&D to shift in when insufficiently clear of Strat's Flyer, 100 metres after the start, which resulted in Strat's Flyer having to be restrained. Strat's Flyer shifted in because of the incident and caused Tagus to be checked before losing its rightful running.

Latest AJC Derby market from TAB Sportsbet:

SHOOT OUT 5.00 2.00
FAINT PERFUME 8.00 2.75
ROCK CLASSIC 9.00 3.00
ZABRASIVE 9.50 3.12
HANKS 13.00 4.00
HANDSOME ZULU 13.00 4.00
MILITARY MOVE 13.00 4.00
SET FOR FAME 13.00 4.00
AL DHAFRA 13.00 4.00
KIDNAPPED 13.00 4.00
CAPTAIN SONADOR 13.00 4.0

Latest AJC Oaks market:

FAINT PERFUME 5.00 2.00
VALDEMORO 7.00 2.50
ONCE WERE WILD 10.00 3.25
SET FOR FAME 13.00 4.00
ZARZUELA 15.00 4.50
MORE JOYOUS 15.00 4.50
RUN FOR NAARA 15.00 4.50
A CHANCE TO DREAM 17.00 5.00
HURTLE MYRTLE 17.00 5.00

Mick Kent's My Emotion has been installed early fav at $4.60 for Sat's Schweppes Oaks at Morphettville SA. The latest TAB Sportsbet market has Speedy Natalie at $6.00, Aloha $6.50 and Absolute Faith $8.50. My Emotion holds top spot after her strong recent form. She's a last start 1600m winner at Moonee Valley on Feb 26. Speedy Natalie, from the Peter Moody camp, ran 2nd to My Emotion at MV, btn almost a length.

Betting on the Robert Sangster Stakes at Morpherttville sees Velocitea the fav at $5.50, followed by Headway $7.00, Majestic Music $8.00 and Sister Madly $8.50.

VRC Oaks winner Faint Perfume and Lady Lynette are join favs for Sat's Coolmore Classic at Rosehill. TAB Sportsbet has them at $7.00.

COOLMORE CLASSIC

FAINT PERFUME 7.00
LADY LYNETTE 7.00
SET FOR FAME 8.00
HURTLE MYRTLE 10.00
PALACIO DE CRISTAL 10.00
ALVERTA 10.00
PRIMA NOVA 13.00
STRAWBERRY FIELD 15.00
DANE JULIA 15.00
GOLD WATER 17.00
NEROLI 17.00
MESSENGER 17.00
IRISH LIGHTS 17.00
EKSTREME 35.00
ALLEZ WONDER 35.00
IVORY PEGASUS 51.00
MISS MARIELLE 51.00
SO ANYWAY 71.00

Early money

$2000 @ $8.50 Set For Fame (now $8)
$1000 @ $10 Palacio De Cristal (unchanged)

RANVET STAKES

THESEO 2.90
RANGIRANGDOO 3.80
DAFFODIL 8.00
ROMAN EMPEROR 11.00
ROAD TO ROCK 13.00
SPEED GIFTED 15.00
PURPLE 15.00
MOATIZE 15.00
ALCOPOP 15.00
LITTORIO 15.00
DIVINE REBEL 35.00
NO WINE NO SONG 71.00

Latest fixed odds for the Doncaster Hdcp at Randwick:

MORE JOYOUS 7.00 2.50
RANGIRANGDOO 7.50 2.62
TYPHOON TRACY 9.00 3.00
BLACK PIRANHA 13.00 4.00
DANLEIGH 15.00 4.50
SHOOT OUT 17.00 5.00
WHOBEGOTYOU 17.00 5.00
DAO DAO 18.00 5.25
DENMAN 18.00 5.25
PALACIO DE CRISTAL 19.00 5.50
ROAD TO ROCK 21.00 6.00
ROCK CLASSIC 21.00 6.00
ROCK KINGDOM 21.00 6.00
THESEO 21.00 6.00

(www.IASbet.com)

Bye bye Gai...Gai Waterhouse's right-hand lady, Robyn Hartney, has resigned to join Patinack Farm as racing manager next month. Hartney has been with Waterhouse for five years. Her new role at Patinack will be a similar job but on a bigger scale. 'She says: 'It was too good of an offer to turn down...I've learned a lot at Gai's but it was time to try something new. I think I'm joining a team which is the most exciting thing that has happened to Australian racing in years.' Let's hope she lasts longer than some other ex-Patinack workers...

Golden Slipper market wobbler Beneteau has a new jockey for the Golden Slipper...Michael Rodd. It's the 2YO's third jockey in three runs. The Redoute's Choice colt has come through his failure as an odds-on fav in the Skyline Stakes with no ill effects and he'll have a barrier trial at Randwick as his final Slipper lead-up next week.

The Racing Appeals and Disciplinary Board has fined Danny Nikolic $5,000 for failing to comply with a stewards direction. RAD Board chairman Brian Forrest stopped short of suspending Nikolic's license, rejecting the stewards' application for the rider to be banned for six months.

Melbourne Cup winning jockey Corey Brown has been booked to ride Newmarket flop All Silent in the Al Quoz Stakes (1200m) at Meydan (Dubai) on March 2. He replaces Nick Hall who was axed after All Silent's defeat in the Newmarket.

The biggest loser? Michael Rodd, currently enjoying a short break in Rockhampton, is on a weight-loss program in the hope that the Bart Cummings trained Faint Perfume, a Grp 1 winner, will receive at least 53.5kgs, which will allow him to ride her in the Coolmore on Saturday.

Stathi Katsidis believes the clash of his Magic Millions winner Military Rose and Solar Charged at Rosehill on Saturday will decide the favourite for next month's $3.5 million Golden Slipper, but the Queenslander may be watching it from the sidelines. Katsidis believes the two unbeaten fillies are ''a cog above'' their fellow juveniles and the jockey is confident Military Rose has an edge (www.smh.com.au). Katsidis, who won the Randwick Guineas on Shoot Out on Saturday, was suspended at Eagle Farm on Friday until March 26 and is considering an appeal. A failed appeal would rule him out of Rosehill Guineas day, where he would miss riding Shoot Out, and possibly the Golden Slipper.

Michael Rodd has been booked to replace the outed Stathi Katsidis on Queensland 2YO Military Rose in Sat's Reisling Stakes. He got the ride because of his Queensland connections. Before heading to Melbourne, Rodd was a gun jockey in Brisbane and the Gold Coast. Trainer Gillian Heinrich says Rodd was chosen ahead of several top riders because she knew him from his days as a champ apprentice in Brisbane. But Rodd will NOT ride Military Rose in the Golden Slipper. Regular rider Stathi Katsidis will return for that $3.5m race.

Hey, it only took a quarter of a century...IN PPM's very first issue we advocated bigger payouts for on-course tote punters as a way of encouraging crowd attendances. Now, 25 years later, the penny has dropped. The NSW TAB has given punters an extra incentive to head out to Saturday week's Group I Rosehill Guineas meeting with a premium to be paid on winning bets placed on-course. In what is believed to be an Australian first, the NSW TAB will pay winning punters an extra 10 percent on win dividends placed through the on-course tote at Rosehill Gardens. There are no limits or caps to the bonus, which will be available across the win bet pools on all nine races at Rosehill Gardens. So there, everything comes to those who wait...and wait...and wait...

After an impressive Grp 1 win over 1200m at Ellerslie on Saturday, NZ 2YO Banchee is being considered for a late entry in the Golden Slipper. Trainer John Sargent rates the filly one of the best 2YOs he's trained. He believes her ability to storm home and her temperament should see her competitive against her speedy Australian counterparts. He says: 'She's not nominated so we'd have to pay the late entry fee...She's the perfect two-year-old. She's so laid back; all she does is sleep and eat.'

Can the 'master blaster' Bart Cummings sneak a late hot chance into the Golden Slipper? We'll know on Saturday. That's when Bart unveils the unraced Skorost in the Grp 2 Todman Stakes (1200m). Skorostis a half brother by Charge Forward to 2008 Slipper winner Sebring. He won a trial at Randwick last Friday. Stable spokesman James Cummings says: 'He's unexposed but we are hopeful of him running well on Saturday...He's nominated for the Slipper and if he can perform it's definitely a consideration. Skorost is currently quoted a $51 chance with Centrebet for the Slipper.

Nick Hall has got the chop from Newmarket flop All Silent. Which just goes to show...No matter how many big races you win there's always someone who reckons someone else can do better. Hall won Sats Grp 1 Australian Cup on Zipping to top off a big Melbourne autumn. He also won the Grp 1 Blue Diamond Stakes on Star Witness. Trainer Grahame Begg is yet to engage a new rider for All Silent. The gelding is off to Dubai. Why was Nick Hall dumped? Well, he rode All Silent when the sprinter lost in the Grp 1 Hong Kong Sprint and the Newmarket. He did win on him twice last spring, though those wins seem to have been forgotten.

What went wrong with hotpot Denman in the Guineas at Flemington? Here's the official stewards' report:K McEvoy (Denman), explained that the colt was a little fractious in the barriers and it subsequently jumped away awkwardly, however, he was able to improve his position without over-taxing the horse. He added that once he gained a position outside the leader, Guru Bob (NZ), his mount did not settle like it normally does and in his opinion was the reason Denman failed to finish the race off. A veterinary report post race revealed Denman was suffering from the thumps and making a respiratory noise, and recommended an endoscopic examination be undertaken. A post race swab was taken for analysis.

Fillies are now dominating early betting on the Golden Slipper...Solar Charged remains favorite at $4.20 and Saturday's Randwick winner Crystal Lily has firmed to second favoritism at $6.50. Blue Diamond winner Star Witness, a colt, is on the 3rd line at $9.00 and then there's another filly Military Rose at $10.00. Chance Bye is out to $11.00 following a disappointing trackwork hitout at Kembla Grange.

Solar Charged 4.20
Crystal Lily (NN) 6.50
Star Witness (NN) 9.00
Military Rose 10.00
Beneteau 11.00
Chance Bye 11.00
Ambers Waltz 13.00
Hinchinbrook 13.00
Elimbari 15.00
Zutara 15.00
Divorces 17.00
Psychologist 17.00
Shaaheq 17.00
Decision Time (NN) 26.00
Skilled 26.00

(www.betstar.com.au)

Tycoons do cry...Veteran Zipping's Australian Cup win proved a highly emotional one for mega-rich owner Lloyd Williams.He admits he shed a tear or two for the 8YO who had threatened many times to win a Grp 1 race and after 14 attempts finally broke through in the Australian Cup. Williams says: 'It brought a tear to my eye.' What, just one?

Bart Cummings wasn't crying but he was frustrated by Sirmione's nose defeat to Zipping in the Australian Cup. Bart says: 'I've missed something,...'In the old days, he would have won that, so there's something I've missed...There's something that I haven't picked up about him but I'll figure it out. He had that race won today.'

Oh dear, decisions, decisions...Crystal Lily's owner David Moodie will take his time deciding if he'll cough up the $130,000 late entry fee to secure the filly a start in the Golden Slipper. Even her dynamic win in the Sweet Embrace Stakes at Randwick wasn't enough to make Moodie decide. He says: 'It's a very hard race to win, the Golden Slipper - I have had a couple of goes at it.'

Is this the first crack in the Chance Bye bubble? The flying filly was beaten in a gallop between races at Kembla Grange on Saturday. But what does that mean? Is it the beginning of the end of her Golden Slipper dreaming? Or was she just a bit lazy?

Oh, those crazy whip rules...Stewards fined winning rider Nick Hall $1,000 because they say he struck Zipping 10 times before the 100m, double the allowable whip use under those kamikaze rules introduced this season. But would Zipping have won if Hall hadn't used the persuader in such fashion? The answer, says the jockey, is NO. He says: 'I've won by a centimetre, and I probably wouldn't have won without it. I'm not a ferocious whip rider, I don't believe in it.'