This time in under a week, John Sargent could be a member of an exclusive club of trainers to have won an ATC Derby and ATC Oaks with Favreau timed to peak in Saturday’s Blue Riband.
Sargent’s Tavistock three-year-old spent Easter Sunday morning wading through the salt water at Brighton-Le-Sands, the day after his brave fourth in the Tulloch Stakes at Rosehill Gardens.
‘’He went to the beach and had an easy day,’’ Sargent said. “He can have an easy week because all the work has been done now for Saturday.’’
Sargent, the last trainer to beat Winx thanks to Gust of Winds’ 2015 ATC Oaks triumph, will have plenty of empty boxes at his High Street headquarters come Saturday afternoon with several of his autumn arsenal in action.
Lockdowns, rubble, statues and green beans… not a bad “Seven Days”, says
IAN MEIKLE
IT’s been a year since the World Health Organization called COVID-19 a pandemic and a year to this edition since the ACT, like the rest of Australia, fell bewilderingly into lockdown.
Ian Meikle.
Now we know what a coronavirus is and I have seen Australia described as “armchair virus watchers”. The Lucky Country indeed, with a world reeling from a year of more than 117.4 million confirmed cases of COVID-19 and more than 2.6 million deaths.
I topped the front cover of the March 19, 2020, edition with the heading: “Virus crisis: What the hell?” As in what the hell was happening?
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HONG KONG (Reuters Breakingviews) - Las Vegas Sands’ Sin City sale might fund a pivot to Australia. The casino company has cash in hand after negotiating a rich $6.3 billion for its Las Vegas assets. Crown Resorts is an affordable addition to its Asian empire, and the group founded by the late Sheldon Adelson would be welcomed by watchdogs Down Under, too.
The mathematics makes this more attractive than other opportunities. Sands is selling out of its American casinos at a valuation of 13 times EBITDA for 2019, according to Bernstein. Meanwhile, James Packer’s beleaguered business is currently valued around 8 times EBITDA for the same year, setting aside non-recurring items. Although the Australian outfit boasts a brand new property and mature resorts in Melbourne and Perth, share
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