• Patrick Bartley

 New Zealand stayer Fanatic has been scratched from Saturday's $3 million Caulfield Cup after suffering a spider bite.

• Adam Pengilly

Favourite Jameka continued to be on the nose with punters in the final 48 hours before the $3 million Caulfield Cup as bookmakers tread cautiously around the European contingent headed up by Scottish.

• Chris Roots

The big screen in the middle of Moonee Valley on Thursday morning featured defending champion Winx and Godolphin's Hartnell on either side of a countdown clock – a reminder it was nine days to the most anticipated race of the spring.

• Patrick Bartley

German trainer Andreas Wohler is poised to create a unique piece of international racing history this weekend by winning one of Australia's flagship races and then capturing Canada's most important weight-for-age event.

• Tom Hackett

It's not the strongest edition of the Caulfield Cup but the internationals provide great interest and the support card looks outstanding.

• Michael Lynch

Ask Godolphin trainer Charlie Appleby for a job description and he doesn't miss a beat.

• Tom Hackett

The Brian Crowley Stakes is easily the best race of the day on a handy card at Randwick, with promising gallopers such as Guard Of Honour leading the charge.

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• Chris Roots

Paul Murray remembers the first time he and his late father Bede laid eyes on Flash Fibian and the conversation they had after it.

• Adam Pengilly

A week ago Anthony Cummings might have been forgiven for thinking he would be watching Derby Day from his lounge room. Suddenly he's making plans for a number of his team.

• Adam Pengilly

For a man who doesn't like being told too much, Koby Jennings sure knows how to listen. Nor how to forget. The barbs about being too tall. Too heavy. Too limited time in the game. They still ring in the ears every time he is legged aboard a horse.

• Max Presnell

Great mares which are flirting with champion status generally triumph in the Caulfield Cup, which poses the question about Jameka on Saturday.

• Chris Roots

Damien Oliver has denied a charge of reckless riding on Flying Artie in the Blue Sapphire at Caulfield on Saturday.

• Chris Roots

Darren Weir makes a habit out of winning but he is still realistic enough to admit when he has "got it wrong" which makes Real Love's appearance in Saturday's Caulfield Cup even more important to him.

• John Holloway

Buyers had to wait until the last lot to see the undisputed king of the two-year-olds at the Magic Millions 2YOs In Training Sale at the Gold Coast on Wednesday, with the honour going to a superb individual by  sire of the moment Star Witness to local trainer Bryan Guy for $450,000.

• Larissa Nicholson

Melbourne Cup-winning jockey Damien Oliver will appeal his racing suspension for reckless riding.

• Adam Pengilly

The Australian boss of the world's biggest racing operation has blamed local owners raiding European sales for prospective cups candidates as the reason for the shallow pool of horses left for the country's biggest spring races.

• Chris Roots

In some ways for Chris Waller, Preferment has been a dream horse from the time he got him, but going into Saturday's Caulfield Cup, his best chance is away from the four-time group 1 and Australian stayer of the year.

• Chris Roots

Flying Artie showed off his obvious talent wining the Blue Sapphire at Caulfield on Wednesday but it was the flaws in the performance that had trainer Mick Price concerned.

• Michael Lynch

A relatively obscure race on the west coast of Scotland more than a year ago could hold the key to this year's Caulfield Cup.

• Caden Helmers

Canberra trainer Keith Dryden has been in the industry for so long he can't remember if he has won a Queanbeyan Cup.

• Chris Roots

Ciaron Maher ticked off another box in what has been a near-perfect preparation for favourite Jameka when she drew barrier 13 for the Caulfield Cup on Tuesday.

• Patrick Bartley

   Racing Victoria, the central body of racing in this state, will miss out on possibly  millions of dollars of overseas betting revenue, that will instead be allocated to the VRC , the home of the Melbourne Cup.

• Chris Roots

In a stellar year of three-year-old sprinters Caulfield trainer Mick Price already has a major player, Extreme Choice, and after Wednesday's Blue Sapphire at his home track, he thinks Flying Artie will make it two.

• Michael Lynch

He's one of the best connected and most expensive horses to ever land in Australia.

• Patrick Bartley

   As those close to the powerful international contingent that are aiming for Saturday's $2.5 million Caulfield Cup were putting the finishing touches on their charges , senior racing officials were remaining confident that the European based group will dominate one of Australia's most important Handicaps

• Chris Roots

Brenton Avdulla's life as a jockey started at Caulfield as a 15-year-old, a decade on he returns to the track with his best chance of winning its premier race for the world's biggest racing operation.

• Chris Roots

Godolphin trainer John O'Shea has decided to reacquaint Hartnell with Moonee Valley on Thursday morning as part of his preparation to challenge Winx in the Cox Plate.

Melbourne Cup winner Prince Of Penzance is recovering from surgery on what is almost certainly a career-ending leg injury.