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Diana Taurasi and the surging Phoenix Mercury started the post-Olympic break in impressive fashion. The Mercury backed up a blowout of the Dallas Wings on Friday with an upset of the first-place Los Angeles Sparks on Sunday.Taurasi scored 26 points and the Mercury defense forced 21 turnovers in the win over the Sparks. Phoenix has won four of five heading into Tuesdays road test against the Indiana Fever.Unlike the Mercury, the Fever did not get off to the start they were hoping for after returning from the monthlong Olympic break. Indiana was blown out by the Washington Mystics 92-69 on Friday at home. The loss snapped the Fevers three-game winning streak.Im disappointed in our effort, Indiana coach Stephanie White told the Indianapolis Star after the loss to the Mystics. For whatever reason, we lost our energy and intensity in the second half.Indiana (12-13) is in sixth place in the league standings. The top eight teams, regardless of conference, qualify for the postseason. White said her team still needs to generate a playoff effort in the final 10 games of the season.We have to put that energy, that effort, that urgency out there, White told reporters. We cant turn that on when the lights turn on. We have to do that day in and day out.Phoenix (12-14) is in seventh place entering Tuesdays game, a half-game behind the Fever.Taurasi is fourth in the WNBA in scoring, averaging 18.9 points per game. She was held to 13 points in an ugly loss to the Fever in July.Indiana has won the two previous meetings with the Mercury this season, including a 78-60 rout on July 8 in Phoenix. The Fever turned 27 Mercury turnovers into 38 points and outscored them 30-10 in the third quarter to pull away.The Fever have won the last four meetings with Phoenix. The Mercurys last victory in the series came in August 2014.Tuesdays game marks the beginning of the final 10 games of Indiana standout Tamika Catchings career. 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Tough Sydney galloper Coolring will lead the advance guard of what Sydney trainer Bjorn Baker hopes will be a big summer in Queensland.Leading jockey Jeff Lloyd has been booked for Coolring who has drawn barrier nine in the Listed Keith Noud Quality at Eagle Farm on Saturday.Coolring had three starts in Queensland during the winter carnival, winning the Gold Coast Prime Ministers Cup, finishing second in the Toowoomba Weetwood and running 12th in the Doomben BRC Sprint at his last start before a spell.The gelding has had two starts in Sydney since his return and was an encouraging fourth to Kaepernick at Randwick two weeks ago.Baker has been in New Zealand at the breeze-up sales but has been in constant contact with his racing manager Jack Bruce.Bjorn is very keen to have a big Queensland summer. Coolring will be the first of what we hope is a fairly big team up there. We will be based at the Gold Coast, Bruce said.Coolrings last run was solid and Jeff knows him from last time he was in Brisbane.If he races well on Saturdaay there are some nice feature races for him in Brisbane so he might stay there.ddddddddddddThe stable will also have Brooklyn Storm, an unlucky second at Doomben last week, in the National Jockeys Trust (1200m) Bruce expects him to race well.Bruce said several of the stables better young horses would also be heading to Brisbane.Winning Rupert is headed there and will start on December 3. He is after the bonus for the three-year-old triple crown in Brisbane, Bruce said.Champagne Cuddles who won a two-year-old race in Sydney recently is also heading north.Winning Rupert is unbeaten in two starts in Queensland including the Group Two Champagne Stakes at Doomben.Bruce said Baker liked running his horses in Queensland where he has had plenty of success including the 2014 Magic Millions Classic with Unencumbered.It is a lot easier these days to travel up to Brisbane and we do it a bit now, he said. ' ' '