• Patrick Bartley

Mark Carter is one of those New Zealand breeders who applies a measured approach to preparing a yearling for a major horse sale.

• Chris Roots

Tim Martin has drawn back on his early years in Sydney to plan the Golden Slipper assault of Limbo Soul, using what he learned from mentors Les Bridge and Tommy Smith.

• Chris Roots

Joe Pride will be on weather watch for New Tipperary and Ball Of Muscle in Sydney as he heads to Melbourne looking for back-to-back group 1s with Terravista in the Newmarket Handicap at Flemington on Saturday.

• Chris Roots

Chris Waller has a rich selection of three-year-old fillies this season - Omei Sword, Foxplay and Dawn Wall and has been able to separate them on type and form this week.

• Adam Pengilly

Josh Parr didn't have a clue Tim Clark was angling to date his sister while the pair were best of friends. But it's the lessons they have learned off each other since which are helping the pair scale new heights in the NSW riding ranks.

• Chris Roots

The obvious difference between colts and geldings will shape future plans for Condor Heroes and Albumin should either win the Pago Pago Stakes at Rosehill on Saturday.

• John Holloway

It was another phenomenal winning weekend for Snitzel, the Arrowfield super stallion who is the leading sire of two- and three-year-olds this season as well as holding a strong lead in the overall stallions' premierships for prizemoney and races won.

• Chris Roots

Trainer Bryce Heys can not be worried about "shoulda, woulda, couldas any more" he just wants Spieth to win the Newmarket Handicap ay Flemington on Saturday.

• Patrick Bartley

Melbourne Cup winning jockey, Michelle Payne, has been fined $1,500 for posting an insulting tweet directed at Flemington track manager Mick Goodie

• Caden Helmers

Canberra track work rider Riharna Thomson will be farewelled at Tamworth's Allstone Chapel on Friday afternoon.

• Patrick Bartley

World class jockey Joao Moreira, who rode a staggering eight winners at last Sunday's Hong Kong race meeting at Sha Tin, was on Tuesday morning stranded without a ride in the rich Newmarket Handicap after his plum ride was declared a non-starter.

• Eamonn Tiernan

Jockeys and trainers dedicate Black Opal Stakes day wins to Canberra track work rider Riharna Thomson.

• Patrick Bartley

Three prominent stables will be hoping they can end a century-long drought of winning the $1.25 million Newmarket Handicap at their first start from a spell.

• Chris Roots

Godolphin's retained jockeys woes continued in Australia with William Buick to be flown into Sydney for Golden Slipper day as cover for an injured James Doyle.

• Eamonn Tiernan

Canberra jockey Kayla Nisbet capped a return to the saddle with a stunning victory Black Opal Stakes day.

• David Polkinghorne

Sydney jockey has more than just a family connection to Canberra, claiming Canberra's biggest two races.

• Chris Roots

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.

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• Chris Roots

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.

• Chris Roots

Nevesh Ramdhani's work getting the punters' confidence back in Randwick.

• Patrick Bartley

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.

• Patrick Bartley

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.

• Michael Lynch

Luke Currie has taken 20 years to become an "overnight" sensation.

• Chris Roots

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.

• Michael Lynch

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.

• Eamonn Tiernan

Canberra Cup favourite Red Excitement could be a late scratching if the track is too heavy.

• Eamonn Tiernan

Gerald Ryan has declared his sale-topping colt Chauffeur the best horse in the Black Opal Stakes on Sunday.

• Michael Lynch

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.

• Patrick Bartley

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.

• Eamonn Tiernan

Trainers are hoping their colleague Keith Dryden can find a winner on Sunday to honour Riharna Thomson.