The fate of whether Sydney punters see Hartnell again this spring rests with what the Racing NSW handicapper but a clash between the Godolphin star and Winx will probably have to for The Championships in the autumn.
Newcastle trainer Kris Lees will give Melbourne its first taste of the Winx and Hartnell form this spring when Queen Elizabeth Stakes winner Lucia Valentina runs in Saturday's Underwood Stakes at Caulfield.
There is a certain frustration about First Seal for John Thompson, even though she is a group 1 winner.
October and November are the months when Melbourne's greatest prizes – the Caulfield and Melbourne cups, Victoria Derby and Oaks and the Cox Plate – are decided.
When there's a million dollars up for grabs, especially in a race restricted to three year olds, the temptation is always to go for it.
Black Caviar is a proud mum once again after giving birth to Snitzel filly in the Hunter Valley on Saturday.
The only thing that Godolphin trainer John O'Shea would commit to with Hartnell was his next run will be in a group 1.
Hugh Bowman dominated the start of Saturday's Randwick meeting, riding a winning treble before hopping on Winx and perhaps finding another couple of group 1 types in Guard Of Honour and Foxplay.
Gary Moore certainly enjoys winning a race and Takedown gave him his biggest success in Sydney coming over the top of Ball Of Muscle to win The Shorts at Randwick on Saturday.
At Caulfield on Saturday one three-year-old filly beat her own sex comfortably over 1400 metres to stake her claim as a contender for bigger tests later in the spring.
Jameka has become the four-year-old buzz horse in the Caulfield Cup market.
Chris Waller knows better than most that little things matter, especially if it is Winx. When you have the best horse in the land and she scratches a knee on the morning of her first group 1 run for the spring, it is not ideal.
It's been a big week with the late Bart Cummings again vying for top spot with the budding champion Winx.
Tommy Berry has been a thorn in English's side, beating her twice in group 1s, but he knows how scintillating her sprint can be from in the saddle and from chasing her.
Respect is the only word that can be used to describe the dynamic between Godolphin's trainer John O'Shea and Chris Waller ahead of a couple of heavyweight preliminaries at Randwick on Saturday.
Most people remember it as the Naturalism Stakes. Nowadays it might be best known as the "golden ticket" stakes
As the footy finals move into their second weeks thoughts turn towards the big one, and Brenton Avdulla will experience a similar feeling as he goes to Randwick on Saturday, knowing the grand finals for his chargers are a couple of weeks away.
French jockey Johan Victoire has been entrusted by Gai Waterhouse with her Metropolitan hope Dee I Cee in Friday's Newcastle Cup.
The world's best stallion, Galileo, has had his 2016 book released by Weatherbys. It consisted of 158 mares, of which 73 were group winners.
Peter and Paul Snowden are plotting a course towards the Coolmore Stud Stakes with the unbeaten Russian Revolution.
Trainer Chris Waller has mighty mare Winx in great shape as she chases an 11th consecutive win in the Colgate Optic White Stakes at Randwick on Saturday.
Hugh Bowman started the day by taking Winx for a spin, rode a winning double at Warwick Farm but ended up suspended for seven meetings which will see him miss Sydney's biggest day of the spring, the Epsom.
Two foreign raiders will definitely challenge hot favourite Winx for the wfa championship of Australasian racing, Moonee Valley's Cox Plate.
There's not much master trainer Lee Freedman does not know about preparing Caulfield and Melbourne Cup winners.
Order of St George, part-owned by Lloyd Williams, and the 2014 Melbourne Cup winner Protectionist head the weights for this year's Melbourne Cup, both having been set to carry 58 kilograms by RVL handicapper Greg Carpenter in this year's Cup.
Sydney's champion trainer Chris Waller is brimming with confidence that his champion mare Winx will be in top share for this weekend's George Main Stakes at Randwick, despite the fact that she missed a lead up run in the Chelmsford Stakes earlier in September.
Gunning trainer wins third Canberra Cup, confident it won't be the race's last run.
She may be Queen of the Turf, but that is no guarantee Michelle Payne can produce a fairytale every time she takes to the track.
Jamie Lovett might not even get to Randwick on Saturday to watch Japanese import Tosen Stardom take on Winx in the Australian Bloodstock silks because Friday could be "a bigger day".
James McDonald labelled Astern "a freak" after his Golden Rose win on Saturday and international rating outfit, Timeform, agrees putting it alongsides Frankel's only run at 1400m as a three-year-old.
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