Preparing for Hong Kong, Ethan Brown kept his rich vein of form alive with a repeat Caulfield double inside three days, contrasting his successes on two on-money shots at Monday’s Super Bowl program held on the Heath circuit.

The rider dominated with untapped gelding Yes Yoshi ($1.65) in the third contest before a photo-finish triumph astride She’s A Hustler ($1.50) two events hence.

Brown’s pair of engagements were Yes Yoshi and She’s A Hustler, his premiere raceday encounters with each.

Ciaron Maher’s She’s A Hustler shrugged off three short-priced disappointments from her prep’s outset, hampered early according to Brown, who felt the slim margin understated her performance around the tight track.

“It’s hard being back and wide around this track and I know she’s only won by the barest of margins, but there was a lot more merit (to the win) than it looked,” he said.

“She’s on the way up. She’s a very nice horse going forward and (there’s) no better way to kick off your prep.”

She’s An Artist, a Trapeze Artist filly with a 50% strike rate from six goes, repelled Excess ($13) in a short half-head thriller at 1100m BM78 level, Along The River ($6) one length back in the minor placing.

Yes Yoshi provided Brown a cruise, the Yes Yes Yes youngster sealing back-to-back wins via a decisive 1-1/4 length routing of Savitri in the 1200m Class 1, impressing post his Sale debut heroics.

Trained by Charlotte Littlefield, the immature three-year-old’s display drew this observation from Brown:

“He’s a big baby at the minute, but for him to win like that and show that sort of sort of ability as immature as he is is quite exciting going forward,” Brown said.

Mirroring his Saturday conquests aboard Observer and Light Infantry Man, Brown’s haul tied him for second on 29 with Craig Williamson on the Victorian jockeys’ metro premiership, seven adrift of hurt leader Mark Zahra.

Yet the 26-year-old’s confirmed Hong Kong deal for the final quarter-season spells limited local time left.

Doubles were also recorded by Jamie Mott and Logan Bates amid the seven-race slate.

Leading online bookmakers offer enhanced prices on Caulfield feature clashes.

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The City of Preston Gymnastics Club collected the 2026 British Gymnastics Foundation, Transforming Lives Through Gymnastics Award.

A Lancashire-based gymnastics club has won a prestigious title at the British Gymnastics Awards.

The City of Preston Gymnastics Club collected the 2026 British Gymnastics Foundation, Transforming Lives Through Gymnastics Award.

This award recognises an outstanding person or organisation who/that has done most to help the British Gymnastics Foundation to transform lives through gymnastics.

It is anticipated that the nominated person or organisation will have transformed lives through gymnastics, using one of the British Gymnastics Foundation’s charitable programmes.

City of Preston Gymnastics Club consistently goes above and beyond in supporting gymnastics families and the wider community. Their caring ethos shines through in everything they do, from offering funding assistance and fee reductions to organizing fundraising initiatives that ease financial pressures for families when they are going through difficult times.

The club’s commitment to transforming lives was powerfully demonstrated last year, when they rallied local people and tradesmen to help renovate the home of one of their gymnasts.

The gymnast’s mother was receiving treatment for a stage 4 diagnosis, and the family’s kitchen renovation had been left unfinished. The club not only ensured the kitchen was completed but also arranged for other rooms to be decorated and for the garden to be brightened with plants donated by the community.

A spokesperson from the club said: “We’re truly honoured to receive this award. It’s actually quite emotional, because everything we do as a club is rooted in care and community. Supporting our families through both the joyful moments and the most difficult times is simply what we believe a club should do. This award really belongs to our members, families, volunteers, coaches and supporters – we’re just so proud and grateful to be part of such an incredible community at City of Preston Gymnastics.”

This act of compassion reflects the club’s true spirit: they are more than a place for sport, they are a hub of kindness, resilience, and support. City of Preston Gymnastics Club embodies what it means to transform lives, showing that their heart extends far beyond the gym floor.

British Gymnastics CEO Sarah Powell said: “The 2026 British Gymnastics Awards recognise and celebrate the exceptional people, delivering, participating, or supporting the wonderful sport of gymnastics. This year’s finalists embody the passion, dedication, and care that ensure gymnastics stays enjoyable, safe, and accessible for all, creating positive change for individuals and communities.

“To all our finalists and winners, congratulations on this outstanding achievement. Your commitment inspires us every day, and you should feel incredibly proud of the impact you’ve made. Thank you for everything you do.”

The 2026 British Gymnastics Awards recognise exceptional people and organisations that help keep gymnastics enjoyable, safe, and open to everyone, making a positive contribution to individuals, local communities, and wider society. Visit British Gymnastics Awards for more information.

League A

Group A1: France, Italy, Belgium, Turkey

Group A2: Germany, Netherlands, Serbia, Greece

Group A3: Spain, Croatia, England, Czech Republic

Group A4: Portugal, Denmark, Norway, Wales

League B

Group B1: Scotland, Switzerland, Slovenia, North Macedonia

Group B2: Hungary, Ukraine, Georgia, Northern Ireland

Group B3: Israel, Austria, Republic of Ireland, Kosovo

Group B4: Poland, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Romania, Sweden

League C

Group C1: Albania, Finland, Belarus, San Marino

Group C2: Montenegro, Armenia, Cyprus, Gibraltar/Latvia*

Group C3: Kazakhstan, Slovakia, Faroe Islands, Moldova

Group C4: Iceland, Bulgaria, Estonia, Luxembourg/Malta*

League D

Group D1: Gibraltar/Latvia, Luxembourg/Malta, Andorra

Group D2: Lithuania, Azerbaijan, Liechtenstein

*Gibraltar and Latvia, and Luxembourg and Malta, will contest play-offs in March to determine who will play in Leagues C and D.

Cleveland Browns star edge rusher Myles Garrett dominated the NFL this season, winning Defensive Player of the Year unanimously, and now hopes his girlfriend, Chloe Kim, dominates the Olympics.

The 25-year-old completed her qualification run in the women’s halfpipe on Wednesday, and Garrett made sure to capture it all. The 30-year-old was pictured with a camera bag and was snapping photos throughout Kim’s run.

Kim tore her labrum in her left shoulder just a month before the Olympic Games in January after falling in a training session, but is competing. She had the best qualifying run of the day on Wednesday with a score of 90.25.

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Chloe Kim of Team United States competes in run two of the women’s snowboard halfpipe qualification on day five of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics at Livigno Snow Park in Livigno, Italy, on Feb. 11, 2026. (Cameron Spencer/Getty Images)

Kim is seeking a third consecutive gold medal in the women’s halfpipe, and would be the first snowboarder to ever do it. Shaun White, the legendary American snowboarder, won three gold medals in the event, but not in consecutive Olympics.

“I’m just going to do what I came here to do, and if they decide to give it to me, then awesome,” Kim said this week, via NBC News.

“But I’m really just grateful to be in the position where I’ve won all these events multiple times. The fact that I’m able to be here and riding and being confident is all I can ask for.”

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Cleveland Browns’ Myles Garrett, left, and United States’ Chloe Kim smile after the women’s snowboard halfpipe qualifications at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Livigno, Italy, on Feb. 11, 2026. (Lindsey Wasson/AP Photo)

Garrett, who set the NFL’s single-season sack record this season with 23, said that Kim had been a rock for him during the football season and that he wants to be the same for her.

“We’re both just so supportive of one another,” Garrett told People.

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United States’ Chloe Kim reacts during the women’s snowboard halfpipe qualifications at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Livigno, Italy, on Feb. 11, 2026. (Lindsey Wasson/AP Photo)

“She’s always texting, she’s always calling to see how I’m doing during the year and I’m doing the same right now, checking on her, seeing how she’s feeling, emotionally and physically.”

The couple have been linked since May 2025 and seemed to make their romance official in November 2025 when they shared a pregame kiss.

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Brad Widdup relishes the prospect of facing elite filly Apocalyptic once more, as Savvy Hallie heads into the Group 2 Light Fingers Stakes (1200m) at Randwick this coming Saturday.

During her two-year-old days, Savvy Hallie shone brightly among her peers, securing seconds behind Nepotism and Tempted, bouncing back in spring with an impressive maiden triumph and later the Group 2 Silver Shadow Stakes (1200m).

A third placing to Apocalyptic in the Group 2 Furious Stakes (1200m) marked the end of Savvy Hallie’s previous campaign, with her resuming in the $3 million The Sunlight (1100m) on Sunshine Coast January 10th, running fourth to Grafterburners.

Widdup explained that the furious 1100m speed simply had Savvy Hallie fully extended, and campaigning over 1200m and upwards should see her reach new heights.

“That sort of race, they ran 1.02, it was a quick, high pressure sprint race,” Widdup said.

“I think she’s looking for 1200 (metres) or further possibly now.

“She’s come through that really well though, she had a jump out last week, had a gallop Tuesday morning and seems to be in really good order.”

Flipping the script on Flight Stakes winner Apocalyptic is a big ask, though Widdup is optimistic about Savvy Hallie’s chances ahead of a tilt at the Group 1 Surround Stakes (1400m) on February 28th.

“I think she’ll be better suited to the sort of speed over 1400 (metres), and she can race up on the speed,” Widdup said.

“Look, Apocalyptic is very good, there’s no two ways about it, and she seems to have trialled really well, but my filly has done nothing wrong.

“Circumstances in The Sunlight just didn’t suit her at all so out to 1200 metres, against her own sex, she should be competitive.”

Betting enthusiasts should check the racing betting markets for the Light Fingers Stakes to find the top prices. In all-in Light Fingers Stakes wagering, Savvy Hallie is at $3.20, Apocalyptic $1.65.

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For Gregor Townsend, it has been the Calcutta Cup of life; now, a meeting with the Auld Enemy could hasten his end. When Steve Borthwick leapt to the defence of his embattled opposite number earlier this week, suggesting that Scottish fans should be more focused on supporting their side against England than calling for the head coach to go, it betrayed a strange truth about Townsend’s tenure.

The former fly-half has transformed the narrative in this fixture, taking over a side that had failed to win any of their last nine meetings with England, and losing just twice in eight Calcutta Cups since. It is a striking and significant turnaround. But the frustration – of which there is much, particularly after a wretched defeat to Italy – stems from the fact that it has failed to be a part of something larger.

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As Borthwick pointed out, Townsend boasts the best winning percentage of any Scottish coach of the modern era. But that is not championship-winning form, and this has not been a championship-winning Scottish side, despite their success against England. Indeed, they’ve not even managed to mount a true title challenge – a so-called golden generation of players has not yet even settled for silver.

“It’s only really on days like this where you have to experience it because it’s such a busy job,” Townsend said of the outside noise on Thursday, admitting he understood the frustration of the fans. “You fill every minute of the day with reviewing what we could have done better, going into selection, going into training.

“It’s part of the job, part of losing. The feeling of losing is worse than the distraction around what people are giving their opinions to the group or to me as a coach.”

The missteps of the autumn, with a position of relative strength squandered against New Zealand before one of overwhelming ascendancy tossed away against Argentina, had already left Townsend under pressure coming into this campaign. If the fact that they occupied winning positions left positives to take, there could be no such solace in the Rome deluge. Off the field, too, Townsend is under increased scrutiny after dismissing a report in The Telegraph about a move to Newcastle after the 2027 World Cup as “pure speculation”, and suggesting it was written to unsettle his side ahead of the Calcutta Cup.

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It was a strange reaction for several reasons. Firstly, an attempt to paint it as some sort of English plot suggested that Townsend’s focus was already elsewhere, rather than the task at hand in Italy, besides being entirely incorrect. Secondly, there are plenty in rugby who are discussing the Scotland head coach ending up at Newcastle as almost a fait accompli, given he already consults with Red Bull and close lieutenant Gavin Vaughan is heading to Kingston Park after this tournament. Townsend was careful, too, in his wording, not ruling out the possibility of ending up at the Prem club but saying that no contract had been signed.

It would be entirely understandable for the coach to be exploring his options beyond a World Cup that many feel he would be lucky to make. There are some who would have been happy for him to go after the last tournament in France brought a second pool-stage exit in successive editions. Many more may have felt that a contract due to expire this summer would have been a natural end. But Townsend, who it should be said has largely done a good job, was given a contract extension in September to encompass the trip to Australia next year – a decision that now appears misguided.

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He has not been helped, necessarily, by the success of Franco Smith at Glasgow Warriors, the South African not so much a king across the water but along the M8. The extension of Smith’s deal at the United Rugby Championship (URC) club was announced at the same time as Townsend’s; while his side have since kicked on to finish as second seeds in Europe and push Leinster for top spot in the table, the national team have stumbled. Townsend has experienced an inverse of such a situation before, with the Scottish Rugby Union (SRU) moving Vern Cotter aside to promote him to the top job originally amid overtures from Harlequins.

Would the SRU repeat such a move so close to the World Cup? It is perhaps fair to question if anyone at the union has the clout, command or confidence to make such a move. David Nucifora, the performance director, is not full-time, spent last summer with the British and Irish Lions and on an expiring two-year advisory deal. He is not the only part-timer – the highly regarded defence coach Lee Radford is currently job-sharing with Northampton, having stepped in for Steve Tandy in October.

It would, perhaps, be very Scotland to pull out another big Calcutta Cup showing just as deep cracks start to really show. This remains a highly talented, and generally well-coached side, even if front-five depth and player development remain areas of significant concern. But another defeat to turn up the heat could yet bubble Townsend’s cauldron towards boiling point.

“If we take Tonga out, the last two performances or last two results against Italy and Argentina have been disappointing,” he admitted. “It opens up opportunities for criticising the team, criticising the coach. I get that. It’s not good enough from our perspective. We didn’t win those games and we’re hugely disappointed for our supporters. That’s what we’re working to rectify.”