• Thomas Hackett
• 8 mins ago

Race 1

• Chris Roots

The imperious performance of Winx in last month's Cox Plate has earned her the place as the world's best horse on turf in latest Longines World's Best Racehorse rankings released on Friday.

• James Hall

Gundagai's Snake Gully Cup has been a happy hunting ground for Canberra's trainers but Paul Jones is yet to taste success at the main race of the popular two-day event.

• Chris Roots

Leading harness owner Harvey Kaplan has been banned from owning horses for 12 months and fined $20,000 on an improper conduct charge for a text message he sent to trainer-driver Nathan Jack, who is faced with a show cause notice relating to a Goulburn race on Australia Day in 2015.

• Patrick Bartley

Robert Smerdon concedes that his classy sprinter Under The Louvre's hopes of  a significant spring success will hinge on next Saturday's meeting at Sandown however the horse's trainer can see no fault with the Under The Louvre condition or form not to register a  victory..

• Chris Roots

The Patinack connection with Ben Lawrence has already delivered John Thompson an Oaks placegetter in Honesta, and handy sprinter Nieta could be the next to step up to black type for a group of Queensland owners.

• Chris Roots

Team Hawkes has plenty of two-year-olds by All Too Hard and they are showing the right signs to be factors as juveniles. Groundbreak, which won a barrier trial at Rosehill on Monday, steps out as the Hawkes' first runner by their former star on his home track on Saturday.

• John Holloway

Frankie Dettori cannot crack it for a big-race winner in Australia but captured his 12th Breeders' Cup winner on English-bred mare Queen's Trust at Santa Anita.

• Michael Lynch

When Australian wonder mare Winx walloped the Cox Plate field by eight lengths and more on that stormy Saturday in Melbourne some three weeks ago she was not just galloping into the Australian record books: she was putting herself on a par with the previous queen of the Australian turf, Black Caviar.

• Chris Roots

Cessnock trainer Todd Howlett doesn't get surprised anymore by wide draws for Nic Vendetta, he is just used to them.

• Chris Roots

It might be too much to hope for but Tim Clark would love it if he jumps on Infra Dig looking for a fifth winner of the afternoon again at Rosehill on Saturday.

• Patrick Bartley

One of the most successful broodmares in Australian racing  over the past two decades, Circles Of Gold, has died at the age of 25.

• Chris Roots

Warwick Farm trainer Matthew Smith has an eye towards The Championships with Faraway Town has she takes on the boys in the Sandown Guineas on Saturday.

• Nino Bucci

The organiser of a Victorian punters club has been accused of defrauding $129 million from the syndicate members.

Melbourne Cup winner Almandin will not run at Sandown with owner Lloyd Williams ruling out a start in the Zipping Classic.

• Patrick Bartley

Next Saturday's $300,000 Zipping Classic proves a lure, overseas entrants will boost final day of spring carnival.

• 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?