• Chris Roots

Bookmaker Eric Conlan shut his bag for the last time and was given a guard of honour off Canterbury on Saturday.

• Adam Pengilly

What if Bryce Heys quickly wiped away the few tears he shed and charged into the stewards room to lodge a protest in the Darley Classic on the grounds Ben Melham used his whip to excess on eventual winner Malaguerra?

• Michael Lynch

The Sheikh Mohammed-owned Godolphin Racing operation will try to sign off from the Spring Carnival in style next weekend at Sandown when it plans to back up Qewy in the Sandown Cup.

• Adam Pengilly

Racing Victoria's chief steward Terry Bailey has conceded Australian authorities are powerless to detect which European stayers targeting the spring carnival riches might arrive Down Under with a history of bleeding attacks after a scare for Melbourne Cup runner-up Heartbreak City.

• Melissa Singer

A farming family wins Fashions on the Field as high winds threaten to spoil the final party.

• Adam Pengilly

It needed some prodding from the co-founder of chain store Boost Juice to convince the Lindsay Park operation to squeeze another start into Jessy Belle during the Melbourne Cup carnival - and they received the ultimate reward at Flemington on Saturday.

• James Hall

Canberra's Fell Swoop is emerging as a consistent elite sprinter after finishing half a length behind the group 1 Darley Classic winner Malaguerra on Saturday.

• Chris Roots

Tim Clark admitted his day couldn't have got off to a worse start when he arrived at Canterbury without his riding vest, but by the end of Saturday he might be leaving it at home more often after a personal-best five winners.

• Adam Pengilly

The winning trainer was toasting just his second group 1 win while the placegetters were left wondering when their time will come. And it was the emotion away from Malaguerra which struck a chord after the Darley Classic.

• Michael Lynch

It's Melbourne Cup week, the holiest of holies on the Australian racing calendar.

• Michael Lynch

Awesome Rock stuns rivals to win Emirates Stakes.

• Patrick Bartley

Just when it seemed that Australian bred racehorses were the outcasts of the four days at Flemington along came a local in Awesome Rock who not only kept the first running of the new look Emirates Stakes trophy in this country, it made for one of the most emotional post  race out pourings rarely seen at Flemington.

• Adam Pengilly

Why toil away for a year in the United Kingdom when you can earn almost as much in a month in Australia?

• ANALYSIS
• Max Presnell

The career best of Kerrin McEvoy should again come into play for The United States in Saturday's Emirates Stakes, a worthy replacement for the Mackinnon, at Flemington.

• David Polkinghorne

Hugh Bowman says it would "mean a lot" to "win a big race" for Matthew Dale on Saturday.

• Patrick Bartley

Caulfield Cup runner-up Scottish is a shock withdrawal from the $2 million Emirates Stakes after injuring his near-forleg fetlock in the last 15 hours.

• Patrick Bartley

Saturday's first running of the re-invented $2 million Emirates Stakes could be in years to come the most popular weight-for-age race of its kind in Australia, even eclipsing the nation's flagship weight-for-age event, the Cox Plate.

• Max Presnell

The career best of Kerrin McEvoy should again come into play for The United States in Saturday's Emirates Stakes, a worthy replacement for the Mackinnon, at Flemington.

• Adam Pengilly

A week after James Cummings became a fourth generation trainer to win the Victoria Derby, one of his rival conditioners on the last day of the Flemington carnival is hoping another family tradition can be passed down the line.

• Chris Roots

Will Hayes went out and did a couple of laps with brothers on Wednesday morning, nothing usual for an aspiring AFL midfielder in November. Only Hayes did it in the saddle of  a group 1 winner He's Our Rokkii around Flemington.

• Adam Pengilly

Chris Waller has carved a reputation as a straight track specialist trainer. But he is down to his last roll of the dice to ensure he finishes 2016 with a group 1 winner down Flemington's famous course.

• Michael Lynch

Chris Waller has had his moments in the spotlight at Flemington this week although he has not saddled a winner in the major group 1 events.

• Michael Lynch

Sometimes a race can look so easy - on paper, at any rate,  when a short priced favourite dominates the event. Put in, take out, in generous multiples, courtesy of the bookmakers.

• John Holloway

Almandin's Melbourne Cup win on Tuesday was a triumph for the German-bred stallion Monsun, which had its third winner of the Flemington two-miler from the past four runnings.

• Melissa Singer

The foreign invaders scooped the fashions, while inspirational women were celebrated on Ladies' Day.

• Chris Roots

Michael Freedman is finding his way in Sydney and is building a stable based on young horses that seem to be early runners.

• Chloe Booker, Chris Johnston

The fastest man in the world has bolted to safety after a horse kicked out at him at Oaks Day. 

• Michael Lynch

Champion trainer Darren Weir got the run of the race in the sixth event on the Flemington card on Oaks Day, the group 3 L'Oreal Paris Stakes, when Damian Lane got the sometimes enigmatic Rageese ($6) home by a length. Forty minutes later it was a different story.

• Adam Pengilly

All of Flemington on Oaks day bowed for Usain Bolt. Bolt might have been inspired to bow for Brenton Avdulla.