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Courier-Mail
11-07-2025
- Sport
- Courier-Mail
Trainer Chris Waller saddles up Changing Colours at Randwick
Don't miss out on the headlines from Horse Racing. Followed categories will be added to My News. Trainer Chris Waller is eager to get a better guide on what the future holds for Crossbow and Kokatahi as the promising duo highlight their stakes potential at Royal Randwick on Saturday. Waller said he had a good opinion of both gallopers and would give them an opportunity to snare a late season juvenile win in the Schweppes 2YO Handicap (1400m). 'It's a great time of year to learn about horses and for them to learn about racing and some surprise you and some disappoint you,' Waller said. 'Until they are under race pressure, you don't learn much especially when you get slowly run races and things like that. 'Horses need to have three or four runs and you get a pretty good gauge where they are going to be for the rest of their career.' • 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! Waller got a decent guide on both horses when the pair clashed first-up against another of his smart young prospects, Central Coast. The trio made up a Waller-trained trifecta at Canterbury Park on June 18 when Central Coast got out in time to score in a 1250m event from Crossbow and Kokatahi. Crossbow ($4.60) is rated the better of Waller's chance to breakthrough on Saturday with Kokatahi at $15. Crossbow, to be ridden by Jason Collett, was an acceptor in an 1100m juvenile event at Rosehill Gardens last weekend but was saved for another week to be stretched over more ground. 'We put him in an 1100m last week because we thought it's going to be a wet track, it's going to be a tough ask but I think 1400m suits him better,' Waller said. 'We think he is good enough to get to a Group 3 kind of horse so you'd expect him to keep improving and getting.' • ATC chairman resigns over Rosehill sale 'lost opportunity' Kokatahi, a son of 2020 Golden Slipper winner Farnan, was only having his first start against his stablemates last month and is expected to relish the added trip of Saturday's assignment. 'He's drawn well (barrier five) and 1400m will suit him a lot better,' Waller said. 'I would like to see horses like him come out and say he's a Gloaming Stakes, Spring Champion Stakes horse or we give him a bit more time and you go down the Carbine Club route. 'That's where I am thinking with horses like him. 'He is a bigger, stronger mile type so we are expecting some good things.' Waller is a strong chance of book ending the Sydney card with last start winner Changing Colours ($4 favourite) to go in search of back-to-back victories in the Precise Air Benchmark 78 Handicap (1400m) with Collett aboard. Changing Colours started her preparation with four consecutive city placings in Melbourne before coming back to Waller's home track and excelling with an emphatic win on June 28. Waller tossed up stepping up Changing Colours over more ground but has elected to keep the mare over 1400m. • Schiller awaits all clear to return from injury 'She could have run in the mile race against the boys or an 1800m race and we will try her over those distances, at least 1800m,' he said. 'But I don't want to fall into the trap that she's by The Autumn Sun and will need further because they are actually quite sharp horses. 'It's the same distance and same kind of race she won last start when she won with a bit in hand from a wide draw going back. 'This start she has a bit more weight from a good draw so it's the perfect race for her.' Waller, who has had a record 19 Group 1 winners for the campaign, will have a typically competitive hand across the Randwick card. Canpikapony ($41) will hunt consecutive wins in the Petaluma Benchmark 72 Handicap (1100m) while Misterkipchoge ($6) and Bright Red ($8.50) line up in the Toyota Forklifts Benchmark 78 (1800m). Age Of Kings ($23), Kirkeby ($15), Canberra Legend ($41) and Pippie Beach ($3.20) are all in the Eremein Benchmark 88 Handicap (1800m) while Travolta ($31) contests the Asahi Super Dry Benchmark 78 Handicap (1600m). Originally published as Chris Waller juveniles Crossbow, Kokatahi to join Changing Colours at Royal Randwick on Saturday
Miami Herald
07-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Miami Herald
Shh! 4 secret menu drinks at Universal Epic Universe
The bartenders in the Burning Blade Tavern love it when patrons drop by the pub tucked in the back of the Dark Universe-themed land at Universal Epic Universe in Orlando, Florida, and say "Dr. Jekyll sent me." The cryptic introduction is a subtle nod to the bartenders that the patron is about to order one of four drinks from the Burning Blade secret menu. Universal Beverage Program Manager Joshua Franck refused to acknowledge the existence of a Burning Blade secret menu during media previews for Universal Epic Universe. "Unfortunately, as far as I know, there is no secret menu," Franck said during an interview in Dark Universe. Burning Blade Tavern and Dark Universe opened in late May as part of the 750-acre theme park featuring more than 50 rides, attractions, shows and experiences. The Burning Blade is hard to miss in Dark Universe - with the windmill atop the restaurant bursting into flames every 15 minutes. Inside, the old mill restaurant is themed as a hangout for monster hunters with their trophies covering the walls. The Burning Blade menu features classic pub grub - hamburgers, wings, bratwursts, pretzels, beer, wine and cocktails. The Burning Blade secret menu drinks all fall into the $14 to $19 price range. Universal Creative planted Easter Eggs all over the park for fans to find and the Dark Universe is full of them. You have to listen carefully to the audio soundtracks playing in Dark Universe if you want to discover the secret drinks on the Burning Blade menu. The best place to discover secrets about the Universal Monsters-themed land is at the window of the Dr. Jekyll Apotheker next door to the Das Stakehaus restaurant. Every 30 minutes, visitors can hear Dr. Jekyll loudly arguing inside his apothecary - and he might just tell you what to order at the Burning Blade Tavern. Epic Universe visitors are always coming into the Burning Blade Tavern and suggesting new cocktails for the bartenders to make, according to Franck. "We love the fact that our guests have so many ideas and they're so passionate," Franck said. "If we hear that people are requesting things, we take a look at them. We may add things to the menu." Here are the four secret menu drinks available at the Burning Blade Tavern. Crossbow The Crossbow combines Strongbow Gold Apple Cider and Darkthorne Mead. It's like a Snakebite beer cocktail without the beer. The mead replaces the stout or lager in the traditional half-and-half recipe. The Crossbow was the first secret menu drink discovered by Epic fans and has proved so popular that the Burning Blade has already added it to the menu. "It is a recent add," Franck said. "It is something that guests came in and wanted to construct themselves. We took a look at it and we said, 'We really like this idea.'" The Disney Food Blog ordered the Crossbow when it was still a secret menu item and found the cocktail to be the perfect blend of sweet and tart. "It's pretty sweet, but that combination of the cider and the mead helps cut through some of the sweetness of the cider and the tartness of the mead," according to the Disney Food Blog. "It's honestly the perfect balance in our opinion, and it offers a nice option for people who don't want sugary, syrupy drinks or beer." The once-secret Crossbow now shows up on the Burning Blade online menu but is still not available for mobile order. Smoking Jacket Smoking Jacket is another beer cocktail - this time with the beer remaining in the mix. Darkthorne Mead is still the star here, combined with a Reaper's Reserve caramel-spice brown ale from Florida's Crooked Can Brewing. The drink is named after the Invisible Man's jacket - which is a close color match to the cocktail, according to theme park junkie and foodie Paige Bryant. "You can definitely taste the cinnamon, nutmeg and clove in this drink," Bryant wrote on Instagram. "The mead adds a nice sweetness to it and kind of gives it more of a fall flavor." Jekyll's Remedy Jekyll's Remedy remains a secret menu item in part because the drink's test tube souvenir shot glasses did not arrive in time for the grand opening of Epic Universe. Jekyll's Remedy includes a mix of vodka, peach schnapps, sour mixer, cardamon and clove extracts. Hyde's Reagent Hyde's Reagent is the companion drink to Jekyll's Remedy - intended to be sipped side by side by drinking companions. Mr. Hyde's cocktail includes a mix of tequila, orange liqueur, creme de cassis, sour mixer, simple syrup and chipotle essence. The Jekyll and Hyde drinks still can't be found on the Burning Blade online menu, but they can be mobile ordered through the Universal Orlando app. Franck declined to discuss the Jekyll and Hyde secret menu cocktails. "What I can tell you is that we're always working on new ideas and we have new things that will be coming in all the time," Franck said. "We'll be refreshing these programs continually and will always have something new and exciting." _____ Copyright (C) 2025, Tribune Content Agency, LLC. Portions copyrighted by the respective providers.
The Irish Sun
06-05-2025
- Politics
- The Irish Sun
Cowardly criminals who refuse to appear in dock for sentencing will be slapped with LONGER jail terms
CRIMINALS who refuse to face victims' families for sentencing will be hit with extra jail time. Cowards could get two more years under the Victims and Courts Bill which is introduced today. 4 Criminals like Thomas Cashman, who refuse to face victims' families for sentencing, will be hit with extra jail time Credit: PA 4 Lucy Letby also failed to face victims' families in court Credit: PA Those facing whole life orders, who would not be deterred by extra time, face being confined to cells and losing privileges such as gym access. The bill is set to cover all crimes, not just the worst and minister Alex Davies-Jones vowed: 'Justice isn't optional.' Several families have campaigned for action against the courtroom sentencing dodgers. They include Cheryl Korbel whose daughter READ MORE ON CRIMINALS PM Baby killer nurse Lucy Letby, and Crossbow killer Most read in The Sun Southport child murderer London's Independent Victims' Commissioner Claire Waxman, said: 'I am pleased this Government has listened and included other measures, such as prison sanctions, which I hope will put an end to this cruel injustice.' Rishi Sunak blasts Lucy Letby for refusing to appear in court to face justice as she's sentenced for murdering 7 babies 4 Crossbow killer Kyle Clifford refused to attend sentencing where he got a whole life order in March Credit: PA 4 Justice Minister Alex Davies-Jones vowed: 'Justice isn't optional' Credit: Facebook @Alex Davies-Jones MP
