Hold your horses

Typhoon Tracy was deservedly crowned Australia's Horse Of The Year but Sydney's best sprinters Hot Danish and Melito were snubbed. These were the major talking points after a controversial Champion Racehorse Awards ceremony at Melbourne's Crown Casino Palladium last night. Daily Telegraph

Nolen has advice for mare's critics

Write off Typhoon Tracy at your peril in the rematch of the weight-for-age stars at Moonee Valley on Saturday. That's the tip from Typhoon Tracy's jockey, Luke Nolen, who said he was surprised commentators and punters had abandoned the mare as a carnival force after her unplaced first-up run in the Memsie Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield last month. Herald Sun

Birthday girl waiting for Theseo’s present

Hall Of Fame trainer Gai Waterhouse is celebrating a birthday on Thursday and after getting a teapot she will be aiming for late present on Saturday when Theseo takes his place in the Chelmsford Stakes at Randwick. “Another year older and bolder,” Waterhouse said at trackwork on Thursday. “I got a teapot and its got little ladybird and a dragonfly on it. Racenet

Moody - Tracy could head back to mares grade

Premier Melbourne trainer Peter Moody says he is toying with the idea of dropping stable star Typhoon Tracy back to mares’ grade at Saturday week’s Moonee Valley meeting. Moody said he would definitely nominate Typhoon Tracy for another bout with Shoot Out, So You Think and Whobegotyou in the Dato Tan Chin Nam Stakes. Racenet

Goldstone's win lifts Bart's spirits

Goldstone provided Bart Cummings with a timely win at Warwick Farm yesterday as the master trainer recovers in hospital. In a rare debut win for the stable, Goldstone suggested he may be one of Bart's spring carnival contenders after showing plenty of fight to hold off the heavily backed Renewed Vitality. Daily Telegraph