Bronze For Light Horse

A LUSH park in the Israeli desert city of Beersheba became the unlikely meeting point for Australia's Governor-General, Michael Jeffery, Israeli President Shimon Peres, and billionaire cardboard king Richard Pratt.

Apache Cat Now Ready To Prove Himself A World-beater

APACHE Cat was last night being hailed as Australia's latest sprint star with the horse now set to take on the world later this year after beating a gallant Takeover Target at Randwick yesterday to complete a hat-trick of group 1 wins.

Wwii Horsemen Step Up For Fallen Mates

SEVEN World War II veterans will attend the dedication of the Park of the Australian Soldier at Beersheba in Israel next week - the site of a famous World War I battle involving Australian Light Horse regiments.

Hussler As Good As The King, Says Mcdonald

MELBOURNE'S thoroughbred excitement machine Weekend Hussler yesterday joined turf legend Kingston Town as the only horse to win six group 1 races in a season when scoring a crushing victory in the George Ryder Stakes.

Horsemen Honoured By Israel

THE Australian Light Horseman is frozen in time, his body low over his horse's head as it leaps a sandbag wall, waving his bayonet above his emu feathered hat as he shouts at the enemy.

Ingham's Star Bobs Up A Winner

PATRIARCH Bob Ingham made the trek to the track yesterday along with his wife, Norma, to watch family horse Hoystar leave the famed Crown Lodge a winner with victory in The Schweppervescence.

Tinkler Poised For Buying Splurge

NATHAN Tinkler's Patinack Farm is expected to be one of the biggest buyers at today's first session of the Inglis Select Yearling Sales in Sydney, but the Ingham family is certain to make its mark also as the family's horse business begins a new era.

Joy To Behold As Tuesday Team Hits High Notes

AS ENTERTAINING as the John Singleton sideshow is, don't let it get in the way of the athlete. Make that the athletes, as in the jockey and the horse.

Corstens In, But Wary Of Bart Magic

LEON Corstens will saddle up his first runner in the Golden Slipper Stakes today, but he fears that his former boss Bart Cummings might spoil any further celebrations later this afternoon. "We're in and we're hoping, but gee, that horse of Bart's worries me," he said yesterday.

Galloping Realism But No Horse Voices

Opera Australia's new production of Carmen takes its bullfighter star on an unexpected ride, writes Robin Usher.

By Mountain Horsemen Prizes

THE Welsh Mountain Pony will be a star performer on what is a comprehensive horse program at the Newcastle Show. The program is being hailed as a welcome return to normality after the disruption caused by the equine influenza outbreak.

Sportsman Can Excite Crowd Again

WARWICK Farm trainer Greg Hickman didn't realise what "a people's horse" Sportsman was until he returned to the track a couple of weeks ago.