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Time of India
20-05-2025
- Business
- Time of India
Samsung launches Bespoke AI top load washing machines with AI wash in India, price starts at Rs 24,490
Samsung has expanded its home appliances product lineup with the launch of new Bespoke AI top loading washing machine range. The new top loading washing machines come in 8KG, 10KG, 12KG, and 14KG capacities. The new lineup comes in Black Caviar, Lavender Gray, and the newly introduced Deep Charcoal and Brushed Navy colour options. Price and availability The new range of Samsung Bespoke AI top loading washing machine comes with 20-year warranty in the digital inverter motor. Available in multiple capacities—8kg, 10kg, 12kg, and 14kg, the price of the washing machines starts at Rs 24,490. Consumers can purchase the washing machines through Samsung retail stores, the Samsung Shop App, and leading e-commerce platforms. Samsung Bespoke AI top loading washing machine features Samsung Bespoke top load washing machine comes with AI Wash and its 3-step sensing, these machines intelligently detect the fabric type and weight to automatically recommend the optimal settings for each load. Building on this technology, features like Eco bubble, Hygiene Steam (with inbuilt heater), Super Speed, AI Energy Mode, and SmartThings integration, AI VRT+ the washing machine promise to offer fabric protection and also ensure superior hygiene. The company claims that Ecobubble ensures up to 20% better fabric care reducing wear on clothes by effectively dissolving detergent, delivering a powerful yet gentle wash. For a deeper clean, Hygiene Steam, powered by an in-built heater, eliminates up to 99.9% of bacteria and allergens, ensuring superior hygiene. With Super Speed technology, users can complete a wash cycle in just 29 minutes, saving time without compromising on cleaning efficiency. Stain Wash, on the other hand, gives users the option to use either warm or hot water to remove dirt and stains effectively.
News.com.au
06-05-2025
- Entertainment
- News.com.au
Opinion: The racing industry needs to embrace new ideas like the global jockey league or risk withering on the vine
If racing keeps talking to itself, it is in danger of withering on the vine in an endless echo chamber. Without fresh ideas, innovative concepts and thinking outside the box we would never have seen The Everest, which by any measure has been a stunning success since its inception in 2017. Apart from The Everest, racing generally doesn't sell itself but has been blessed that the likes of Winx, Black Caviar and Makybe Diva have all come along since the turn of the century. • PUNT LIKE A PRO: Become a Racenet iQ member and get expert tips – with fully transparent return on investment statistics – from Racenet's team of professional punters at our Pro Tips section. But let's face it, household names on the equine front don't come along every day. Via Sistina is a big name in racing circles, but outside the racing beltway there wouldn't be a hell of a lot of Australians who know who she is, and certainly not nearly as many as who would know who James McDonald is. Racing must do more to hero its human headlines. The audience that this new global jockey series is trying to attract isn't rusted-on punters or existing racing lovers. It's the new and younger generation, the same type who are being captivated by the Drive To Survive phenomenon in Formula One racing. "I love it, sure you can poke holes in it but racing spends far too much time talking to itself." @bendorries76 joined @ghall27 on Giddy Up to further explore the Global Jockeys' League. LISTEN | — Giddy Up With Gareth Hall (@SENGiddyUp) May 5, 2025 A lot of Drive To Survive viewers probably wouldn't have a clue about the length of the motor racing straight, the type of vehicles being deployed or what petrol they use. Many of the viewers of the Full Swing golfing documentary series might not know the difference between a 7-iron and a 3-wood. But they love the storylines. Now, imagine 12 of the best jockeys in the world coming to a racetrack near you – or a shopping centre for a promotional visit – in 2026 and beyond. Yes, the specifics of exactly how it all works – although largely outlined in the exclusive story we broke – need to be ironed out. That will happen over the next few months, as the bidding process for host cities gathers steam and more details are unveiled. Man walked on the moon in 1969, but this process has similar complexities given the logistical hassles of getting a dozen jockeys from all around the globe in one place at one time given the riding contracts they have in place. It's also no small matter trying to find suitable timeslots given the founders of the new league have made it crystal clear they don't want to be a rebel competition or cannibalise existing products. Melbourne Cup winner Michelle Payne also makes a fair point when she says there should be female riders in the first series. Organisers insist there will be female jockeys as the league gathers steam, but it is hard to argue with Payne's sentiments. However some of the other criticism this concept has quickly received – some from racing people who have probably just seen a tweet or a throwaway line on social media – is not warranted. There are plenty in racing who seem to be dying to bag any new ideas or fresh concepts. Do the narks and naysayers want racing to be stuck in a time capsule? So, will this new jockeys league kick off in 2026? And will it work? A major hurdle has already been jumped, signing up a dozen of the world's best and most recognisable jockeys who are coming on board with unbridled enthusiasm. Let's give it a chance and see where it goes.
Daily Telegraph
02-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Telegraph
Stand-alone pioneer Hawkesbury Race Club deserves a big-money feature
Don't miss out on the headlines from Horse Racing. Followed categories will be added to My News. The Hawkesbury stand-alone meeting, the pioneer of the popular and successful concept, deserves to have a big-money race. Hawkesbury celebrates its 20th anniversary on Saturday and boasts the strongest program of all the stand-alone meetings with three Group 3 races worth $250,000 prizemoney each and a Listed race of $200,000. But the stand-alone meetings at other venues have bigger prizemoney races including $1 million features at Newcastle (The Hunter) and Kembla Grange (The Gong), and $500,000 races at Wyong (The Lakes) and Gosford (The Coast). • PUNT LIKE A PRO: Become a Racenet iQ member and get expert tips – with fully transparent return on investment statistics – from Racenet's team of professional punters at our Pro Tips section. SUBSCRIBE NOW! Perhaps the era of stakes increases is over for the immediate future but Hawkesbury is entitled to have a principal race with at least $500,000 prizemoney. While Hawkesbury Race Club chief executive James Heddo acknowledged the quality of the current race program, he said: 'I'm more than happy at the appropriate time to sit down with Racing NSW to see if there is an opportunity to add a new race to the card.'' ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ I felt for Shane Dye after he was lambasted on social media for daring to declare Ka Ying Rising a better sprinter than the legendary Black Caviar or former Hong Kong champion Silent Witness. Dye, a Hall of Fame jockey, is certainly entitled to his opinion and whether he is right or wrong, only time will tell. But I decided to ask Timeform guru Gary Crispe for his expert view on the comparison as he was trackside for Ka Ying Rising's win in the Chairman's Sprint Prize in Hong Kong last Sunday. • Smith's 'unbelievable' win on game-changing day for NSW racing 'Ka Ying Rising is a very good horse but my first impression was that he reminded me of Hay List,'' Crispe said. 'My opinion is Black Caviar would be too good for Ka Ying Rising, just as she was always too good for Hay List.'' The Timeform ratings supported Crispe's assessment with Black Caviar earning a lofty 136 figure while Kay Ying Rising is on 132, the same peak rating returned by both Hay List and Silent Witness. ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Newgate Farm's super sire Extreme Choice is standing at an equal Australian record fee of $330,000 in the spring breeding season. Extreme Choice, only the second stallion to sire the winners of the Golden Slipper (Stay Inside, 2021) and Melbourne Cup (Knight's Choice, 2024), has the same fee Redoute's Choice commanded in 2007 and 2008. Extreme Choice will stand for an equal Australian record fee of $330,000 at Newgate Farm. Picture: Supplied This means Extreme Choice has the highest fee of any stallion in the southern hemisphere with Widden Stud's Zoustar and Darley's Too Darn Hot next on $275,000, then Arrowfield's Snitzel at $247,500 and Yarraman Park Stud's I Am Invincible at $220,000. The only other stallion to sire the winners of the Golden Slipper and Melbourne Cup was Sir Tristram. The legendary New Zealand-based Sir Tristram sired three Melbourne Cup winners with Gurner's Lane (1982), Empire Rose (1988) and Brew (2000), plus a Golden Slipper with Marauding (1987). ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Racing Australia this week announced the increase of the mandatory minimum ban for any person found guilty of using an electronic device more commonly referred to as a 'jigger' on a racehorse. From Thursday, May 1, the amended rule means the minimum penalty period for jigger use is five years (up from two years). In other major rule changes, stewards Australia-wide have been given additional and wider powers on the frequency a horse is allowed to race. Under the new rule, a horse will not be allowed to race on consecutive days without approval from a Principal Racing Authority or its panel of stewards. ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Trainer Ian Wilkes is attempting to become the first Australian to win the famous Kentucky Derby with Burnham Square at Churchill Downs on Sunday. Burnham Square was an impressive last start winner of the Blue Grass Stakes and is among the early favourites at $9.50 behind Journalism at $3.50 for the 'Run for the Roses'. Wilkes, whose brother Wayne is a leading NSW country trainer based at Taree, said Burnham Square has done well this week in the build-up to the three-year-old classic. • Shayne O'Cass's race-by-race tips, analysis for Hawkesbury on Saturday 'Everything is good, he is keeping a lid on it which is good,'' Wilkes told American reporters. 'He has to handle everything, the crowd, the long post parade. The mile and a quarter (a2000m) is no issue, it is just whether he is fast enough.'' Wilkes, 59, began his professional career working at Lindsay Park under legendary Hall of Fame trainer Colin Hayes before moving to America in the late 1980s. He teamed up with trainer Carl Nafzger and was associated with two Kentucky Derby winners, Unbridled (1990) as trackwork rider and then Street Sense (2007) as assistant trainer. Wilkes then started training in his own right with his biggest win in the 2012 Breeders Cup Classic with Fort Larned. He's also had Derby runners before but Burnham Square is clearly his best chance yet to win America's biggest race. 'I'm happy with the horse and I couldn't ask for a better draw (nine),'' Wilkes said. 'I'm seeing a horse that is thriving, he's moving forward and improving every time.'' Burnham Square will be ridden by Brian Hernandez who won last year's Kentucky Derby on Mystic Dan and the Kentucky Oaks with Thorpedo Anna. Originally published as Hawkesbury's strongest stand-alone program deserves to have a big-money race
