ROSEHILL RACES

The Last Say with Ray Thomas

SATURDAY racing comes to you from Rosehill and Caulfield. Here’s all the last minute tips and info from Daily Telegraph racing editor Ray Thomas.

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Matt Stewart Don’t talk out loud

THE will he run/won’t he run story of Under The Louvre in the Sir Rupert Clark Stakes touches on interesting issues, writes Matt Stewart.

RANDWICK RACES

Rosehill Gardens Snowden takes the safest path with Tara

PODCAST: PETER Snowden has ignored a Group 1 and decided to place Tycoon Tara in a race where he feels she has the best winning chance.

Melbourne Racing

Expert opinion Weekend Best Bets

LATEST TAB ODDS/PODCAST: OUR experts give you an early shot at finding a winner as they look at the major races around the nation.

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Rosehill Gardens Waller, O’Shea joust for bragging rights

PODCAST: CHAMPION trainers Chris Waller and John O’Shea are protecting extraordinary winning streaks at the Rosehill Gardens meeting on Saturday.

Darren Weir reacts after jockey Mark Zahra rode Palentino trained to victory in the Makybe Diva Stakes at Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne, Saturday, Sept. 10, 2016. (AAP Image/Julian Smith) NO ARCHIVING, EDITORIAL USE ONLY

Expert opinion Friday formline

PODCAST: OUR stable of experts pinpoint the horses, jockeys and trainers to bank on and who to avoid at the major meetings on Saturday.

Joe Agresta and Awesome Rock

Cox Plate Rock solid partnership could propel Awesome result

AWESOME Rock’s performance in the Underwood Stakes could point to whether the five-year-old will become Victoria’s big hope in next month’s Cox Plate.

Melbourne Racing

Expert opinion Nathan’s Racebook

THE Courier-Mail’s racing editor Nathan Exelby looks for the winners at Eagle Farm, Rosehill Gardens and Caulfield on Saturday.

Flemington RacesAustralia

Perfect match Caviar filly finds home with Hayes

THE training partnership headed by Hall of Famer David Hayes has been selected as the first to prepare the incomparable Black Caviar’s progeny.

Moonee Valley Races

TAB markets Gun grey tops betting in Manikato, Darley sprints

TAB EARLY MARKETS: CHAUTAUQUA is the clear favourite in both the Manikato Stakes and Darley Classic as the spruik on the Hawkes star shows no sign of abating.

Mathew Cameron rides Xtravagant over the finish line in race 4, The New Zealand Herald 1400, taking $50,000 at Ellerslie race track on Boxing Day. 26 December 2015 New Zealand Herald Photograph by Nick Reed MUST CREDIT

Rupert Clarke X-rated horseplay proving quite a distraction

MAYBE it was the abundant distractions of Flemington, maybe it was the tricky straight course, maybe it’s a family curse or maybe it was an untimely surge of spring adrenalin.

Melbourne Racing

Expert opinion Analysis: Underwood Stakes

THE cards should fall Bart Heart Bart’s way, even with that lingering query beyond 1400m, when he contests the $500,000 Group 1 Underwood Stakes at Caulfield.