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Chris Roots

Racing writer for The Sydney Morning Herald

Brenton Avdulla wins on Veranillo at Rosehill.

Veranillo makes mark with win on debut

Godolphin as a team had a great day on Saturday. But the Australian component of team from the John O'Shea yard started to roll out the next generation with Veranillo stamping himself as a horse to watch for the Golden Slipper with a winning debut at Rosehill.

World's best: Winx wins the Cox Plate last month.

Winx named the world's best horse on turf

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.

Champion driver Nathan Jack.

Kaplan banned for 12 months over improper conduct

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.

In the frame: Josh Parr takes a look at the camera as Nieta wins at Randwick.

Nieta on Starlight path to Magic Millions

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.

Simple as ABC: Elemenohpee returning after a win with Christian Reith in the saddle.

Groundbreak out to give All Too Hard his first winner

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.