Rex Lipp has conceded Dual Chamber will need to be in career-best form if she is to end the trainer's city drought in the Listed Travel Associates Classic at Eagle Farm.Lipp, who has been one of the top trainers in Queensland for the past 15 years, can't recall his last Brisbane winner."I think it might be Blackwoods Choice (in October last year) but I haven't had many city runners," Lipp said.Lipp reached the pinnacle of his career when claiming his only Group One success so far in the Sires' Produce Read more [...]

Tony Sergi has been keeping an eye on the skies and also the weather channel as he prays for rain ahead of Sunday's Listed Canberra Cup.Sergi trains Cup hopeful With Ice, a mare who will be out to reverse her last-start Goulburn Cup performance where she struck an unsuitably firm surface and finished last."If the track can get a bit rain affected on Sunday and if she gets free running she can bounce back," Sergi said."We're hoping for a wet track and I think the 2000 metres will suit her."With Ice Read more [...]

Barry Baldwin continues to be amazed by late bloomer Rightson but won't be lured interstate for the Group Two Villiers Stakes even if the eight-year-old wins the Listed Recognition Stakes at Eagle Farm on Saturday."I had a look at his legs this week and they're fine so he'll be going around again," Baldwin said.Rightson led all the way at his 17th start this campaign for a decisive win in the Listed Brisbane Handicap (1600m) at Eagle Farm two weeks ago which tempted Baldwin to look at next month's Read more [...]

AAP The government has added a project to buy long-range missiles to its list of problem defence acquisitions. The project to acquire stand-off missiles for RAAF aircraft was launched in 2004 with the Lockheed Martin AGM-158A Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM) chosen in 2006. It was scheduled to have entered service by December 2009. Read more [...]