The fillies appear to have a stranglehold on Saturday's Coolmore Classic and perhaps the best of them, Omei Sword, will have the benefit of a big weight pull as Brenton Avdulla gets back on her at Rosehill.
English made it back-to-back victories in the Challenge Stakes and could be set for another big autumn after holding off Redzel at Randwick on Saturday.
Nevesh Ramdhani's work getting the punters' confidence back in Randwick.
A potential multimillion-dollar deal between Victorian broadcaster racing.com and South Australian Racing presents a new challenge for CrownBet, racing.com's telecast partner.
Tony McEvoy flew out of Melbourne late on Saturday night in an effort to spend the night at home in the Barossa Valley just hours after winning the Australian Guineas with Hey Doc, one of his most memorable racing victories.
Luke Currie has taken 20 years to become an "overnight" sensation.
There won't be a better group 1 ride than Tommy Berry on Chautauqua this year, and he couldn't believe he got beaten in Saturday's Canterbury Stakes at Randwick.
Trainer Tony McEvoy, jockey Luke Currie and a diverse and delighted bunch of owners will always remember Australian Guineas day at Flemington as one of their best on a racecourse after they combined to share the joy of Hey Doc's stylish win in the Group One Australian Guineas.
Canberra Cup favourite Red Excitement could be a late scratching if the track is too heavy.
Gerald Ryan has declared his sale-topping colt Chauffeur the best horse in the Black Opal Stakes on Sunday.
David Hayes has proved himself the king of the kids this season, and he added another string to his juvenile bow at Flemington on Saturday when he quinellaed the listed 3AW Is Football Stakes for colts and fillies down the famous Flemington straight.
When Tony McEvoy allows the "dust to settle" on his three-year-old Hey Doc's win in Saturday's $750,000 Australian Guineas at Flemington, the trainer could elect to add another dimension into Saturday weeks already star studded $1 million George Ryder Stakes in Sydney.
Trainers are hoping their colleague Keith Dryden can find a winner on Sunday to honour Riharna Thomson.
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Sydney's rain had Canberra trainer Matthew Dale licking his lips and taking mare Rocket Commander up the Hume.
Former jockey Chynna Marston will make a triumphant return to Thoroughbred Park's marquee meet on Sunday.
Nick Olive is hoping for his first listed victory at Thoroughbred Park with Nat King Cu in the National Sprint.
Michael Hawkes will take the kudos that comes from Inference winning the Randwick Guineas but knows there is more to come from the promising colt.
There might not have ever been a calmer trainer after watching a Golden Slipper favourite get beaten than Gary Portelli.
The 12-month wait for Ashleigh McGregor and her fellow owners with Invienna comes to an end with Scone heat of the Country Championships on Sunday.
Jockeys will wear black arm bands on Black Opal Stakes day this Sunday to remember Riharna Thomson.
Famous trainer Peter Moody says Chris Waller's mare is the Black Caviar of her time.
Canberra's marquee race the Black Opal Stakes could produce its strongest field in history on Sunday.
Premier trainer Chris Waller might not know what to do with himself during the Randwick Guineas meeting with only half dozen runners to worry about on Saturday.
It is a big day for owner Kevin Hickman as the New Zealand 2000 Guineas quinella of Ugo Fuscolo and Savile Row chase group 1 glory on different sides of the Tasman on Saturday.
Lodged between the drama and brilliance of last Saturday's Blue Diamond meeting and the fireworks of Flemington's Super Saturday card next weekend, this Saturday's Flemington line-up, the group 1 Australian Guineas aside, always seems to be cast in the shadows.
Houtzen is doing more of a Reisling than a Todman in her final lead up for the $3.5 million Golden Slipper at Rosehill Gardens on March 18. Trainer Toby Edmunds has sought weaker opposition with a huge weight at Eagle Farm rather than a Royal Randwick class test.
While track officials in Sydney consider building an ark as the rain continues to fall in Sydney, not so back in Melbourne where the surface is expected to be spot on for the Australian Guineas meeting.
In early 2013 Cory Parish's lifelong dream to become a successful jockey was slipping away nearly as quickly as his bank balance.
Canberra track work rider Riharna Thomson died on Friday following a freak accident at Thoroughbred Park.
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