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Sydney Morning Herald
13 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Sydney Morning Herald
Baker looks to spring targets after Robusto rises to Winter Challenge
The $12 Sportsbet chance overcame the consistent Joe Pride-trained sprinter, which made life difficult for him and jockey Tom Sherry in a messy finish. It followed a heavy track win at Warwick Farm carrying 61 kilograms when first up off a 17-week spell and one trial. The five-year-old now has seven wins and 15 placings from 36 starts. 'He's not one of these million-dollar horses, he was just bred in a back paddock with the owners, and it's just wonderful for them and that these stories can happen,' Litt said. 'He'll go on with this, and I'm hoping there's a couple of races coming up, maybe in listed grade, that he can be competitive in.' It was part of a treble for Sherry, who earlier won on Annabel and Rob Archibald-trained Yoshinobu, which was first-up off a gelding operation. Sherry finished the day with victory on Peter Snowden-trained King Of Roseau. Storm The Ramparts' jockey Reece Jones was fined $400 for an audible obscenity in the scales area after the defeat. He said his frustrations had boiled over, and the breach was out of character. He said he had been 'absolutely hammered' by race goers on the way in. Roper lucky to walk away Jockey Josh Parr labelled wayward country galloper Highway Strip 'dangerous' after its part in the fall of apprentice Anna Roper and Rob Agnew-trained Pony Soprano at Rosehill. Roper, who was stood down by the club doctor from the rest of the day, was fortunate to walk away from the fall. Pony Soprano appeared to escape serious injury. The pair fell near the 750m mark of the 1100m Highway Handicap when Danny Williams-trained Highway Strip shifted out, forcing Roper's mount onto the heels of Never Fails. Roper said Highway Strip was racing ungenerously on her inside, and she believed the fall came from a combination of him hanging out and Never Fails cutting across. Parr told stewards he expressed his disappointment to the stable about the horse's poor racing manners and said 'at no point did I feel I had control of that horse'. 'There was no response from the horse from any command that I gave him, and I'd go as far as to say it's a dangerous horse,' Parr said. Highway Strip, the race favourite, hung out on the turn but finished strongly for fourth. Highway Strip had been sent back to the trials previously for its poor racing manners, and Williams told stewards the horse had worked and trialled well since his last-start second at Randwick on January 25. Stewards ordered that Highway Strip trial twice to their satisfaction before being allowed to race again. Three-year-old Shropshire Lad ($8.50) won the race, breaking through for his first Highway win. Knights Armour Knights Armour provided a career highlight for Braidwood cattle farmer and hobby trainer Ross Lavis and Swedish apprentice Rebecca Bronett Prag when the six-year-old gave both a first Saturday city win. Bronett Prag raced Knights Armour ($12) into second-last spot in the 2400m benchmark 78 handicap before cutting the corner with an inside run on the home bend. Knights Armour, the only horse Lavis trains, made the most of the economical trip to land a half-length victory over Good Banter. 'He tries his heart out, and I knew the 2400, he was going to see it out no worries at all,' Lavis said. Bronett Prag, who came to Australia as a teenager, also scored her first metro midweek win with Knights Armour. Maher 2YO scores surprise win Ciaron Maher-trained Without Peer will race into the spring after scoring a surprise win on debut at Rosehill on Saturday. Coming off two unplaced trials, the Pierata gelding was a $12 Sportsbet chance and near last in the 1200m two-year-old handicap before storming down the centre of the track for jockey Chad Schofield to hold off Spice Prawn by a short neck. Maher assistant trainer Johann Gerard-Dubord said the win 'surprised us a bit'. 'He's a gelding, so we will just go through the grades with him and space his runs heading into the spring,' Gerard-Dubord said. 'He's got a lot of talent, but he's still very raw, and we saw that in both of his trials, especially his first one. 'I don't think it was the deepest two-year-old Saturday race, which is why he ran today. 'We just felt 1200 around Rosehill would be a very good starting point. We just wanted him to have a good experience. 'He's still doing a few things wrong, so I think there's a lot more to come.' Loading Big talent on way to success Premier trainer Chris Waller expects Useapin to kick on after she was strong late to win second up at Rosehill on Saturday. The three-year-old daughter of Waller's Everest winner, Yes Yes Yes, fought off Scott Singleton-trained Dollar Magic to claim the benchmark 78 handicap over 1200m for fillies and mares. It was a 14th runner-up effort from Dollar Magic. Waller expected more success after Useapin's fourth victory in 11 starts. 'It was a long straight and Zac [Lloyd] got her out into plenty of air, but she looked like she was going to be vulnerable with 200 to go, but she did enough and she was brave the last bit,' Waller said. 'She's a big girl and she's always shown us promise, but through that big size has struggled to put it together every start, but she's on her way and she should have a good six months.'
The Age
13 hours ago
- Entertainment
- The Age
Baker looks to spring targets after Robusto rises to Winter Challenge
The $12 Sportsbet chance overcame the consistent Joe Pride-trained sprinter, which made life difficult for him and jockey Tom Sherry in a messy finish. It followed a heavy track win at Warwick Farm carrying 61 kilograms when first up off a 17-week spell and one trial. The five-year-old now has seven wins and 15 placings from 36 starts. 'He's not one of these million-dollar horses, he was just bred in a back paddock with the owners, and it's just wonderful for them and that these stories can happen,' Litt said. 'He'll go on with this, and I'm hoping there's a couple of races coming up, maybe in listed grade, that he can be competitive in.' It was part of a treble for Sherry, who earlier won on Annabel and Rob Archibald-trained Yoshinobu, which was first-up off a gelding operation. Sherry finished the day with victory on Peter Snowden-trained King Of Roseau. Storm The Ramparts' jockey Reece Jones was fined $400 for an audible obscenity in the scales area after the defeat. He said his frustrations had boiled over, and the breach was out of character. He said he had been 'absolutely hammered' by race goers on the way in. Roper lucky to walk away Jockey Josh Parr labelled wayward country galloper Highway Strip 'dangerous' after its part in the fall of apprentice Anna Roper and Rob Agnew-trained Pony Soprano at Rosehill. Roper, who was stood down by the club doctor from the rest of the day, was fortunate to walk away from the fall. Pony Soprano appeared to escape serious injury. The pair fell near the 750m mark of the 1100m Highway Handicap when Danny Williams-trained Highway Strip shifted out, forcing Roper's mount onto the heels of Never Fails. Roper said Highway Strip was racing ungenerously on her inside, and she believed the fall came from a combination of him hanging out and Never Fails cutting across. Parr told stewards he expressed his disappointment to the stable about the horse's poor racing manners and said 'at no point did I feel I had control of that horse'. 'There was no response from the horse from any command that I gave him, and I'd go as far as to say it's a dangerous horse,' Parr said. Highway Strip, the race favourite, hung out on the turn but finished strongly for fourth. Highway Strip had been sent back to the trials previously for its poor racing manners, and Williams told stewards the horse had worked and trialled well since his last-start second at Randwick on January 25. Stewards ordered that Highway Strip trial twice to their satisfaction before being allowed to race again. Three-year-old Shropshire Lad ($8.50) won the race, breaking through for his first Highway win. Knights Armour Knights Armour provided a career highlight for Braidwood cattle farmer and hobby trainer Ross Lavis and Swedish apprentice Rebecca Bronett Prag when the six-year-old gave both a first Saturday city win. Bronett Prag raced Knights Armour ($12) into second-last spot in the 2400m benchmark 78 handicap before cutting the corner with an inside run on the home bend. Knights Armour, the only horse Lavis trains, made the most of the economical trip to land a half-length victory over Good Banter. 'He tries his heart out, and I knew the 2400, he was going to see it out no worries at all,' Lavis said. Bronett Prag, who came to Australia as a teenager, also scored her first metro midweek win with Knights Armour. Maher 2YO scores surprise win Ciaron Maher-trained Without Peer will race into the spring after scoring a surprise win on debut at Rosehill on Saturday. Coming off two unplaced trials, the Pierata gelding was a $12 Sportsbet chance and near last in the 1200m two-year-old handicap before storming down the centre of the track for jockey Chad Schofield to hold off Spice Prawn by a short neck. Maher assistant trainer Johann Gerard-Dubord said the win 'surprised us a bit'. 'He's a gelding, so we will just go through the grades with him and space his runs heading into the spring,' Gerard-Dubord said. 'He's got a lot of talent, but he's still very raw, and we saw that in both of his trials, especially his first one. 'I don't think it was the deepest two-year-old Saturday race, which is why he ran today. 'We just felt 1200 around Rosehill would be a very good starting point. We just wanted him to have a good experience. 'He's still doing a few things wrong, so I think there's a lot more to come.' Loading Big talent on way to success Premier trainer Chris Waller expects Useapin to kick on after she was strong late to win second up at Rosehill on Saturday. The three-year-old daughter of Waller's Everest winner, Yes Yes Yes, fought off Scott Singleton-trained Dollar Magic to claim the benchmark 78 handicap over 1200m for fillies and mares. It was a 14th runner-up effort from Dollar Magic. Waller expected more success after Useapin's fourth victory in 11 starts. 'It was a long straight and Zac [Lloyd] got her out into plenty of air, but she looked like she was going to be vulnerable with 200 to go, but she did enough and she was brave the last bit,' Waller said. 'She's a big girl and she's always shown us promise, but through that big size has struggled to put it together every start, but she's on her way and she should have a good six months.'
News.com.au
2 days ago
- Sport
- News.com.au
Bootlegger leads the local hopes in Group 3 Sires' Produce Stakes at Morphettville Parks
Local hope Bootlegger hasn't put a foot wrong ahead of Saturday's Sires' Produce Stakes at Morphettville Parks, as trainers Dan Clarken and Oopy MacGillivray hunt a second two-year-old stakes win this year. Bootlegger was a classy maiden winner at Gawler over 1200m, defeating Violet Lovebug by a length, who the gelding meets again on Saturday. A Group 3 tilt over 1400m awaits, with Victorians Volkano and Ethereum Girl set to make their presence felt in a field of nine on the Parks circuit. It looms as a significant test, but the early signs are that Bootlegger is up to the task.  'He came through it (Gawler) really well,' MacGillivray said. 'Obviously with two-year-olds, you're always thinking have they had enough? 'He's eating, he's had plenty of energy and we're looking forward to it.' Volkano is a $2.90 race favourite with Sportsbet, ahead of Bootlegger ($3.40) and Ethereum Girl ($4.50). Stokes filly Kazaru is a $9.50 shot, while the next SA-based contender in the market is Mostly For Show ($12). 'Obviously it's hard to line him up with that interstate form, but everything he's done has been solid,' she said. 'We think he's probably improved, we're pretty sure the extra trip will be right up his alley.' There was nothing discreet about Bootlegger’s win! The 2YO was very impressive winning his maiden at Gawler. — Dare To Dream (@DareToDreamSA) July 7, 2025 Bootlegger has shown tactical versatility in two career starts, charging home from well back to finish runner-up to From The Block on debut, before box-seating and careering away last start. He was ridden by Emily Finnegan on both occasions, and the Irish hoop, an experienced member of Adelaide's riding ranks, will pilot again on Saturday. • Volkano set to erupt again in Sires' Produce A win would be Finnegan's first Group race success in Australia, after four Listed victories earlier in her career. 'It would be a huge thrill for her, obviously she's been riding for a good few years. She's got a lot of experience,' MacGillivray said. 'Through no fault of her own, through circumstance and injury at times, she hasn't been able to capitalise when she's in really good form. 'She's riding well and she deserves the opportunity. She's ridden the horse well every time she's gone out on him. 'We're confident he'll run his best race and if that's good enough, that's good enough.' Clarken declared gun filly Steel Trap a 'bloody beauty' after she won the Group 3 David Coles at Morphettville earlier this year, and Bootlegger has the Brinkley-based conditioners equally excited. 'They're a different style of horse, Steel Trap was probably a bit tougher earlier on than him,' she said. 'Having said that, since he's been through the different stages of maturity, shin soreness and things, he's a pretty tough little character. 'He's obviously got above average ability. 'There's three Too Darn Hots in the race – I hope he's the best of them.'
Hans India
3 days ago
- Business
- Hans India
How Crypto Roulette Works and What Sets It Apart from Traditional Roulette
Crypto roulette is a modern twist on the classic casino game of roulette, where players bet on where a ball will land on a spinning wheel. Unlike traditional roulette, which uses physical wheels and chips, crypto roulette operates entirely online using cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, Ethereum, and others as the medium of exchange. The Basic Mechanics The gameplay in crypto roulette is quite similar to traditional roulette. Players place bets on numbers, colors (red or black), odd or even numbers, or groups of numbers. Once bets are placed, the game spins a virtual wheel, and a ball lands on one of the numbered slots. If the ball lands on a number or category a player bet on, they earn rewards according to the payout odds. What sets crypto roulette apart is the use of blockchain technology to record bets and outcomes. This ensures transparency and fairness, as the results are verifiable and cannot be tampered with by the casino or any third party. Provably Fair Systems One of the key features of crypto roulette is the "provably fair" system. This system allows players to verify the fairness of each spin independently. It works by using cryptographic hashes to generate the outcome of the spin. Before the game starts, a hash of the outcome is provided to the player, and after the spin, the actual outcome and the secret used to generate the hash are revealed. Players can check that the hash matches the outcome, ensuring no manipulation has occurred. Due to these advantages, many crypto-focused online gambling platforms, including Sportsbet, implement provably fair systems, particularly for their casino games, to provide transparency and build player trust. Instant Transactions and Anonymity Cryptocurrencies allow instant deposits and withdrawals, often with lower fees compared to traditional banking methods. This speed and efficiency make crypto roulette appealing to players who want quick access to their earnings. Additionally, crypto roulette offers a higher level of privacy. Players do not need to share sensitive personal information, as transactions are secured through blockchain addresses rather than bank accounts or credit cards. The high level of security provided by blockchain has also led to its adoption in the banking sector. Differences Between Crypto Roulette and Traditional Roulette While the core gameplay remains similar, several aspects distinguish crypto roulette from its traditional counterpart. Currency and Payment Methods Traditional roulette uses fiat currency, meaning players deposit money through credit cards, bank transfers, or cash at physical casinos. Crypto roulette exclusively uses cryptocurrency, which can be transferred globally without intermediaries. This eliminates delays and fees associated with currency conversion and banking processes. Accessibility and Convenience Crypto roulette is accessible 24/7 from anywhere with an internet connection. Players do not need to visit a physical casino or wait for business hours. This accessibility broadens the player base and allows for more flexible gaming sessions. Transparency and Trust In traditional casinos, players must trust the house to operate fairly. While reputable casinos are regulated, there is always some level of uncertainty. Crypto roulette's provably fair technology provides a transparent mechanism for verifying outcomes, reducing doubts about fairness. Game Variations and Innovation Online crypto roulette platforms often introduce innovative game variations and features that are not possible in physical casinos. These include different wheel configurations, faster game rounds, and integration with other blockchain-based games or decentralized finance (DeFi) elements. Regulatory Environment Traditional roulette is regulated strictly in many jurisdictions, which can limit player access or impose restrictions. On the contrary, crypto roulette often operates in a decentralized way, sometimes beyond direct regulatory oversight. While this can provide greater freedom, it also means players must be cautious and select reliable platforms carefully. The Technology Behind Crypto Roulette The technology behind crypto roulette combines blockchain, smart contracts, and advanced random number generation to ensure fairness, transparency, security, and swift, accurate processing of game outcomes and payouts. Blockchain and Smart Contracts Crypto roulette games run on blockchain networks or use blockchain technology to record transactions and game outcomes. Some platforms use smart contracts, which are self-executing contracts with the terms directly written into code, to automate game functions. This automation ensures that payouts are made instantly and accurately once the outcome is determined. Random Number Generation (RNG) Fairness in roulette depends heavily on the randomness of the spin. Crypto roulette uses cryptographically secure random number generators, often combined with blockchain data, to produce unpredictable and unbiased results. This contrasts with some traditional online casinos that rely on less transparent RNG methods. Security Measures The decentralized nature of blockchain adds a layer of security against hacking and fraud. Players' funds are stored in wallets controlled by private keys, reducing the risk of theft from centralized servers. Moreover, the transparent ledger allows for auditing of all transactions related to the game. Advantages and Considerations for Players The technology behind crypto roulette offers several advantages to players. One of the main benefits is the speed of deposits and withdrawals, which is generally faster than traditional payment methods. The use of provably fair systems adds transparency, allowing players to verify the integrity of each game. Blockchain technology also increases the level of privacy by requiring minimal personal information. Additionally, crypto roulette is accessible to players worldwide, allowing participation without the complications of currency conversion. Transaction fees are often lower compared to credit cards or bank transfers. However, there are some drawbacks that players should keep in mind. The cryptocurrency market is known for its volatility, meaning the value of bets and rewards can fluctuate significantly. Not all crypto casinos maintain high standards, so players need to do some research and choose trustworthy platforms. The legal status of online crypto gambling differs widely between countries and regions, so players should be aware of local laws before participating. Additionally, newcomers may encounter a learning curve when handling cryptocurrency wallets and transactions, which requires some familiarity with digital currency management. Player Experience and Community Interaction Beyond the technical aspects, player experience plays a vital role in the popularity of crypto roulette. Many platforms offer live chat features, forums, and social media groups where players can share tips, discuss strategies, and report issues. This sense of community helps build trust and keeps players informed about updates or changes in the platform. Some crypto roulette sites also provide loyalty programs and bonuses tailored to cryptocurrency users, encouraging continued play and rewarding frequent participants. These incentives can include cashback offers, deposit bonuses, or exclusive access to special game versions. Moreover, the transparency of blockchain-based systems often encourages a more responsible gaming environment. Since players can verify results independently, there is less suspicion of unfair practices, which in turn promotes a healthier relationship between the player and the platform. Important Takeaway Regarding Crypto Roulette Despite the considerations surrounding the game, crypto roulette still provides a modern approach to a classic casino game by combining cryptocurrencies with blockchain technology. It preserves the familiar gameplay of traditional roulette while offering features such as provably fair verification, faster transactions, and increased privacy. Players should remain mindful of the risks associated with cryptocurrency volatility and the importance of selecting reliable platforms. As the gaming sector continues to adopt digital technologies, crypto roulette remains an option for those looking for a transparent and efficient way to play roulette online.
The Age
11-07-2025
- Sport
- The Age
Death-defying bush galloper out to beat the odds at Randwick
Scone trainer Jeremy Gask was told a couple of times that Who Ever Thought might have to be put down as a series of unfortunate events delayed his racing debut until he was five. Now almost seven, the gelding's fighting qualities will be called on again when he faces his greatest challenge on the track at Randwick on Saturday. Who Ever Thought, a Highway Handicap winner at Rosehill last October, steps up out of country-only grade on a Saturday when he races in a benchmark 78 handicap (1600m), following wins at Scone and Canterbury. A $27 chance with Sportsbet from the outside gate with Tom Sherry aboard, Who Ever Thought will have to defy the odds, but Gask says that's nothing new. 'There were a couple of times that the vet suggested we might have to put him down,' said Gask, a former Adelaide horseman who spent 10 years training in England before moving to the Upper Hunter in 2018. 'He had a spider bite to a leg and another to a sheath. He got his leg stuck in a stable as a young horse and nearly lost his hind fetlock. He impaled his chest, running into a fence, we think, during a storm at night. 'Through that time, he never got close to racing. I probably never galloped him until he was four. 'He's probably become a bit of a favourite because of all that, and he's got a few hang ups. He's a bit quirky.'
