Appleby enjoys Australian rich pickings
The first experience of Australian racing for Charlie Appleby has been a profitable one and the success of his team has the Godolphin trainer coming into Melbourne a couple days earlier than expected.
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Chris Roots
Racing writer for The Sydney Morning Herald
O'Brien thinks it will be better late than never with De Little Engine
Danny O'Brien is confident, although he is leaving it late with De Little Engine, he will have a runner in Tuesday's Melbourne Cup.
Hawkes chasing another couple of group 1s
Team Hawkes started the spring with a sprinter, a miler and a couple of stayers looking for group 1 glory, they have already banked the Caulfield Guineas with Divine Prophet and will look to add a Victoria Derby and Coolmore Stud Stakes at Flemington on Saturday.
Maher looks to complete 'pillars of the carnival' set
Ciaron Maher is a young trainer on the rise, but the next week offers him the chance to join elite company by completing victories in the four pillars of the Flemington carnival.
Thunder Fantasy back at Flemington looking for group 1 mile win
Rejuvenated galloper Thunder Fantasy is on a quest to become a stallion when he lines up in the Cantala Stakes on the opening day of the Flemington carnival on Saturday.
Capitalist to relish firm Flemington in Coolmore Stud Stakes
Golden Slipper winner Capitalist comes into Saturday's Coolmore Stud Stakes once again underestimated according to jockey Blake Shinn, who smiled when he saw the weather forecast for the next week in Melbourne.
How Bowman made year's planning count in two minutes
Hugh Bowman had been waiting for 5pm on Saturday to tick around for a couple of months. It was Winx's date with destiny in a second Cox Plate.
Winx's Cox Plate romp a 'what did I just see' moment
It was a procession, a domination from Winx in Saturday's Cox Plate but the similarities to Frankel's win in the Queen Anne Stakes at Royal Ascot were amazing.
Godolphin, Lloyd to play numbers game as Cup hopefuls dwindle
Sheikh Mohammed's globe-trotting Godolphin team and Melbourne Cup fanatic Lloyd Williams could boast more than a third of the field for Australia's great race as officials bank on dwindling entries being enough to avoid the embarrassment of not catering for the capacity 24 runners.
Moody nursed back into winning circle ... as an owner
Peter Moody's familiar imposing presence was back in Moonee Valley's winning enclosure, but this time as an owner.
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