• Adam Pengilly

Peter Moody's familiar imposing presence was back in Moonee Valley's winning enclosure, but this time as an owner.

• David Polkinghorne

It looms as a changing of the guard in Australian sprinting, but Canberra trainer says that won't sway his decision about whether to send his stable star Fell Swoop to the $1 million Darley Classic (1200 metres).

• Michael Lynch

The rain sleeted down and the wind blew a gale on one of the coldest Cox Plate days in living memory.

• James Buckley

Rock Forthe Ladies has earned a trip to Melbourne after a gutsy win in the Filante Handicap.

• Chris Roots

Winx has scored one of the most emphatic Cox Plate wins in the history of Australia's premier weight-for-age race.

• Adam Pengilly

Canny Kiwi trainer Tony Pike is banking on the Caulfield Guineas form carrying Sacred Elixir to another New Zealand triumph in the Victoria Derby after he strengthened his grip on favouritism for the three-year-old classic.

• Patrick Bartley

Just moments after Winx reaffirmed her position as one of the world's best horses, trainer Chris Waller declared she would now be specifically set for a third Cox Plate.

• Adam Pengilly

It can't be repeated what James McDonald mouthed to Hugh Bowman, first idling and then strolling past Winx in a Cox Plate match race for the ages which wasn't. But he's lucky Bowman heard it at all.

• David Polkinghorne

Queanbeyan trainer Joe Cleary has two options.

• Adam Pengilly

Chris Waller makes mistakes and still wins. Even the slightest chink, a tiny flaw in a relentless winning machine - in this case an administration bungle, so out of character for someone so meticulous - and it still works out for the better.

• Chris Roots

When you're on a group 1 horse in a group 2 you can do what Kerrin McEvoy did on The United States to win the Crystal Mile at Moonee Valley on Saturday.

• Michael Lynch

Peter Moody lost count the number of times he confronted TV broadcasters and journalists after big race wins, conducting an instantaneous debrief of their performance and outlining future plans for his winners.

• Chris Roots

The great spring for owner-breeders Valda Klaric and Ivan Cajkusic just continues to get better as Kaniana lifted her profile to a group 3 winner in the Merlin Garage Door Openers Stakes at Moonee Valley on Saturday.

• Adam Pengilly

The most famous rear end in world sport has apparently landed in Melbourne a couple of months earlier than tipped. And everyone wants to lay claim to a piece of it.

• Michael Lynch

Tony McEvoy and his son David know a thing or two about preparing sharp two-year-olds to win on debut.

• Chris Johnson

Racing NSW has launched an investigation into allegations of historical sexual abuse by a high-profile Australian horse trainer.

• Adam Pengilly

His trainer just wanted him to finish in the top five, but Rebel Dane caused arguably the biggest boilover in a feature race this calendar year as the entire shunned by stud farms across the country lowered the colours of Chautauqua in the Manikato Stakes.

• Adam Pengilly

Meet the 85-year-old Sydney retiree who, even though he owns Winx, rarely makes it to the track. But there won't be anyone cheering louder as a second consecutive Cox Plate win beckons.

• Chris Roots

Godolphin's jockey James McDonald knows Hartnell has to find at least dozen lengths to beat Cox Plate defending champion Winx but warns he has the horse to do it at Moonee Valley on Saturday.

• Andrew Webster

The weight-for-age classic hasn't seen a match race like this since 2001, when Northerly beat Sunline.

• David Polkinghorne

Canberra's Thoroughbred Park is a long way for Hawkesbury's Nick Mitchell to come unless he's confident.

• Patrick Bartley

Moonee Valley's bold attempt to have two Group 1 meetings within 24 hours may end badly for the club with Saturday's Cox Plate facing the prospect of being run on an inferior track.

• Chris Johnston, Chris Vedelago and Cameron Houston

High-profile racehorse trainer Gerald Ryan - at the centre of explosive allegations by jockeys of historical sexual abuse  - was allowed to set up stables in Queensland after fleeing Victoria under strict conditions.

Champion jockey Damien Oliver must wait to find out if his reckless riding charge will be downgraded and if he can ride in next weekend's Victoria Derby meeting.

• Chris Roots

The build-up to the Cox Plate has all been about the clash of Winx and Hartnell but punters have decided it's a one-horse race with bookmakers bracing for record payouts on the champion. mare.

• Max Presnell

James McDonald riding Hartnell today should be more Peter Cook on Kingston Town than fellow New Zealander's Gary Stewart and Lance Sullivan who favoured slather and wack in their epic 1986 Cox Plate at Moonee Valley.

• Tim Habel

One of Australia's leading tipsters passes on a few tips on how to enjoy your day and some of the horses to watch on Cox Plate day.

• Patrick Bartley

Every week night around six o'clock Chris Waller shuts down his laptop, turns off his phones and becomes like hundreds of thousands of young fathers around Australia.

• Chris Roots

Champion mare Winx has a two-length buffer on her Cox Plate rivals at the ratings but it is up to Hugh Bowman to ensure an uninterrupted run as she chases elite speed in the weight-for-age championship at Moonee Valley on Saturday.