• Chris Roots

The hour trip from Sydney airport to Rosehill makes Darren Weir sigh. It is probably one of the reasons why the champion trainer has never been to the races in Sydney.

• Chris Roots

At the beginning of autumn jockey Regan Bayliss marked the Vinery Stud Stakes day as perhaps his best chance for a first group 1.

• Michael Lynch

The British trainer has shown he is not afraid to think outside the square.

• Adam Pengilly

Eels boss Bernie Gurr has reluctantly conceded nomadic Parramatta won't be able to replicate the raucous atmosphere of Pirtek Stadium at their new home ground despite preparing to match regular ANZ Stadium tenants the Bulldogs and Rabbitohs for pulling power.

• Patrick Bartley

Difficult to tell if it's been done before, an Adelaide Cup winner that has managed to back up and win the Mornington Cup after a break of just two weeks.

• Chris Roots

Randwick trainer Les Bridge believes Zenalicious is reaching her top but his confidence about the filly's chances in the Emancipation Stakes has been lower proportionally by the state of the Rosehill track on Saturday.

• Max Presnell

Lee Freedman, producing a strong cast in Saturday's BMW at Rosehill Gardens with Our Ivanhowe and Exospheric, has played to mixed reviews on the same stage previously even with classic performers like Makybe Diva and Super Impose.

• Chris Roots

Scott Darby will sign an agreement with Yu Long Investments for Golden Slipper winner She Will Reign to represent their slot in the Everest.

• David Polkinghorne

The Queanbeyan trainer has only ever been to Albury once - for one winner.

• Chris Roots

Ben Melham is within touching distance of 1000 winners in his career, which has spanned 14 years, but the past three months have been a whirlwind sweeping him to the top of his profession.

• Michael Lynch

Moonee Valley authorities are hoping for a bumper finale to their night racing season when a hot field of sprinters take to the track for the last group 1 race of the season in Victoria.

• Chris Roots

Form analyst Nathan Snow is the first to admit he can be a pain on Twitter but it is the reason he as become a mentor, even coach, to jockey Brenton Avdulla.

• Adam Pengilly

Ben Hayes trains like his father, sounds like his father and might even look like him one day. But the newest member of the Lindsay Park partnership wasn't always going to be a racehorse trainer.

• Chris Roots

Perth breeding buff Nino Tufilli looks at Echo Effect differently from nearly every other horse he has owned, and his Doncaster dream is still alive.

• John Holloway

Frank and Christine Cook's love of racing has taken them on a fascinating journey and they have eight group 1 wins to reminisce about, with possibly another to come soon.

• Chris Roots

Champion trainer Murray Baker knows what it takes to bring a New Zealand staying three-year-old over for the Australian Derby – think Mongolian Khan, It's A Dundeel and Nom Du Jeu – and rates this year's crop as good as any.

• Chris Roots

Jason Collett is hoping the wait for his elusive first group 1 winner ends in the Vinery Stud Stakes at Rosehill on Saturday.

• Jane Lee

Danny Nikolic has lost a legal bid to get his riding licence back, with a tribunal member saying she does not believe the former jockey has changed enough to return to work following a history of abusive exchanges with officials.

• Adam Pengilly

Big businesses that snap up a slot in The Everest will be given approval to splash their brands on jockey colours as multiple free-to-air networks wrangle to broadcast Sydney's new $10 million race.

• David Polkinghorne

Canberra trainer Matthew Dale has booked the world's best jockey for a tilt at the $2.5 million TJ Smith.

• Chris Roots

Tavago is already an Australian Derby winner but co-trainer Trent Busuttin knows he has a different horse, a better horse, heading in the BMW at Rosehill on Saturday.

• Georgina Cooke

The 39-year-old man accused of carrying a sawn-off shotgun outside Saturday's Golden Slipper Stakes event will remain behind bars after he did not apply for bail on Sunday.

• Max Presnell

Forgive me, master, but Winx is capable of doing what few other champions could achieve – win major events from the metric six furlongs to 3200 metres.

• Patrick Bartley

Just over 40 years ago, Garry Bachell would go early every Saturday afternoon to tackle the arduous task of mowing his grandmother's spacious back yard lawn.

• Chris Roots

Chris Waller is amazed by Winx on the track and is starting to get used to her being lauded off it as well.

• Chris Roots

There is a beauty in the brutality of Winx being the best, as she runs away from her rivals.

• Michael Lynch

The Melbourne Cup has had winners trained in Ireland, France, Germany and Japan in the 23 years since Irish training maestro Dermot Weld revolutionised Australia's greatest race by sending out Vintage Crop to win on a rainswept day in November 1993.

• Eamonn Tiernan

A blistering pace at Thoroughbred Park on Saturday saw Running Broke set a class record.

• Adam Pengilly

Russian Revolution overcame a dose of pre-race drama and his dogged stablemate Redzel to win his first group 1 race and seal a career as a future stallion.