The Irvine Index

I REALISE I am one week late for Valentine's Day but I've discovered the formula for long-lasting love and the perfect marriage. I'm thinking of getting billboards made up. But meanwhile, here it is.

Colt a chip off the old block, says his trainer

IN FAITH, considered too narrow and backward to go through the sales ring, is poised to deliver the group 2 Sires' Produce Stakes to David Hayes after a dashing display in the Inglis Premier Sale Plate at Moonee Valley yesterday.

BELL TOLLS

The last time whiz-kid apprentice Tim Bell rode in Brisbane on a Saturday, the 17-year-old booted home four winners. The youngster has a full book of rides at Eagle Farm today, and is looking to make it a winning hat-trick aboard Ollie Vollie, which is prepared by his master Sue Grills and runs in the Rankins On The Mall Handicap. Bell's opening mount, Rare Diamond, is prepared by Gordon Yorke at Coffs Harbour, with the galloper having won its past two outings. The latest at Doomben rocked the betting ring.

All The Rage

VIC DARCHINYAN wears a diamond encrusted ring on his left hand so large 50 Cent and P. Diddy would be jealous.

Sporting Life

With this ring I thee ... bzzzzzz!

Brumby Eyes Ring Road 'missing Link'

PREMIER John Brumby has commissioned taxpayer-funded polling to gauge public reaction to the prospect of the Government building the contentious "missing link" in Melbourne's ring road.

What A Guy

A DIAMOND ring usually does the trick when it comes to a marriage proposal.

Serious Bling For Bingle

GLAMOUR couple Michael Clarke and Lara Bingle are preparing to announce their engagement. The model, 20, has confided that she and the 26-year-old Test cricketer will seal their union with a diamond ring. The two have turned to society jeweller Nic Cerrone to create a setting for a huge, five-carat diamond.

Wife Of 'society Murderer' Avoids Jail On Ring Theft

MARITZA Wales, the wife of "society murders" killer Matthew Wales, has received a suspended jail sentence for stealing an $8000 diamond ring from the change rooms of a Kew swimming pool and pawning it for cash.

Choose A Diamond

Buying a diamond ring is the most nerve-wracking purchase a man can make . . . worse, even, than lingerie and perfume. Jewellery stores are like foreign countries the language and prices make absolutely no sense.

Brilliant Ring-ins

The Holy Grail of jewellery in my estimation is a Tiffany diamond solitaire ring. But, a little like Holly Golightly, the closest I assumed I'd get was by pressing my nose against the glass.

$24,000 Invoice For Ring Robber On Run

THE compensation bill for a solitaire diamond ring lost by an unemployed man after he snatched it from a Charlestown jewellery store was increased yesterday from $19,500 to $24,087.

Botched Diamond Robbery Led To Murder, Court Told

A man and a youth murdered a man in a bungled robbery after answering a newspaper advertisement for a diamond ring, the Supreme Court was told yesterday. Feras Dehaybi, 22, and a man who cannot be named, because he was under 18 at the time, both pleaded not guilty yesterday to murdering Simon Taylor, 33, in Glebe on March 21, 2003.

Ring Finger

A TEENAGER has surrendered to police after allegedly stealing a $20,000 diamond ring from a Charlestown Square jewellery shop.

On The Other Hand

Who needs a man to deliver a rock? American women are committing to the right-hand diamond ring, writes Caroline Overington.

Man Charged Over Diamond Ring Killing

A diamond ring from a failed engagement that Simon Taylor tried to resell to further his medical studies has been recovered by police investigating his killing.