Joe Pride knows his tough sprinter Terravista has endured a long, and at times worrying, drought of raceday victories, but the trainer believes a return to the Flemington straight track can rekindle his winning record.
Syndicator Scott Darby admits he might have found his second freak in two years as She Will Reign lines in Saturday's Silver Slipper at Rosehill.
The last Classic Yearling Sale at William Inglis' Newmarket complex finished in a blaze of glory, with a record-breaking turnover around $36 million and 21 yearlings selling for $200,000 or more.
Anthony Cummings believes by the time the Inglis Chairman's Sale comes around at the end of March, Man From Uncle "will sell himself."
Gun sprinter Terravista will attempt to erase one of Joe Pride's worst memories as he returns to the Black Caviar Lightning Stakes at Flemington on Saturday.
Canberra trainer Nick Olive has waited 10 months to have Single Gaze right to race and is confident his group 1 winning mare is ready to recapture her best form starting in the Millie Fox Stakes at Rosehill on Saturday.
Don't fall in love with them is often the advice to breeders but there something about Villa Carlotta that attracted the man who sold Winx, John Camilleri to keep her.
A dead-heat has allowed jockey Hugh Bowman to keep the ride on superstar Winx after the jockey was found guilty on Wednesday of failing to ride out his mount for the second time in a month.
Even the leading jockeys are not immune from self doubt and reflection, particularly when they get a public bake from their main retainer.
Trainer Mick Price is out to make Flying Artie the first three-year-old in more than a decade to win the Lightning Stakes.
Just two years ago, horsewoman Penny Crowley was on the lookout for an inexpensive weanling to prepare for the Sydney summer sales.
Chris Waller's mare equalled Phar Lap's unbeaten record with commanding win in the Apollo Stakes
Hugh Bowman took care of business on Winx in Monday's Apollo Stakes at Randwick as firefighters, including his dad Jim, protected his Dunedoo property from raging bushfires.
Jockey Josh Cartwright has been suspended for 18 months after stewards described his reckless riding at Morphettville last month as "the worst [they had] ever seen in Australia".
Newcastle trainer Kris Lees arrived at Randwick on Monday with "a really good horse" and an emerging one and left satisfied and surprised by a group 3 double.
Leading jockey Craig Williams has elected to ride the unbeaten Catchy in Saturday week's $1.5 million Blue Diamond Stakes at Caulfield.
Trainer Joe Pride was delighted when the storms hit Randwick last week but the delay of the Triscay Stakes until Monday has worked against Queen Of Kariba.
Champion four-year-old Lazarus did what was expected by winning Saturday's Chariots Of Fire at Menangle but trainer-driver Mark Purdon thinks he will go faster in the Miracle Mile.
Rick Worthington knows what a good horse is and from the time he got his hands on Honesty Prevails he has thought she is one of the best he has had.
While Craig Williams still ponders which of his high-class offers to accept for Saturday week's $1.5 million Blue Diamond Stakes at Caulfield, it seems that some of the world's finest international jockeys are preparing to accept some of his knock-back mounts in the group 1 event.
It was multiples all round for the leading jockeys and trainers as the autumn carnival kicked into gear at Caulfield on Saturday.
Co Trainer Wayne Hawkes has rallied behind his stables world champion sprinter Chautauqua' after the horses defeat in Saturday's Rubiton Stakes with some suggesting the amazing racehorse is struggling to retain his best.
Age might not weary him, but it could well have blunted his finishing kick.
Just minutes after Black Heart Bart reestablished his position as one of Australia's most honest weight for age gallopers when winning the $500,000 Orr Stakes at Caulfield the victory however moved trainer Darren Weir to heap lavish praise on race day jockey Brad Rawiller.
The gates will be thrown open for the return of the world's best turf horse Winx at Randwick on Monday as the racing industry counts the cost of the postponement of the Apollo Stakes program from Saturday which could run to $5 million.
Craig Williams looks to have a lock on the $1.5 million Blue Diamond after steering home the two winners of the Preludes at Caulfield on Saturday - but he is fast running out of time to decide which of the multiple two-year-old contenders he will ride.
While Winx is preparing to equal Phar Lap's record of 14 straight wins, master trainer Chris Waller is preparing for the day his mare's winning run comes to an end.
Coffs Harbour trainer Cathleen Rode will take her entire stable to the rescheduled Grafton meeting on Monday with her star Free Standing trying to earn his way into the Country Championship Final.
Robbie Morris chalked up his 1000th winner in just eight years in the sulky this week but he will get a new experience as he steers Mojo Master in the Banjo Paterson Cup at Orange on Sunday.
To avoid a direct clash with Monday's revised Randwick race meeting, Inglis has altered the selling schedule for the 2017 Classic Yearling Sale.
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