• Michael Lynch

There's no greater certainty than Lloyd Williams having a fancied runner the Melbourne Cup, but the Epsom Derby is a step up.

• Patrick Bartley

Racing Victoria is seeking leave to mount a Supreme Court appeal after its cobalt doping case against top trainers Danny O'Brien and Mark Kavanagh collapsed at the Victorian Civil and Administrative Appeals Tribunal (VCAT) last month.

• Chris Roots

The record books are catching up with what trainers and punters have known for some time: Hugh Bowman is among the best seen in the saddle.

• Chris Roots

The aftermath to the Sydney Cup fall is one of those moments where the worst of situations delivered the best of racing.

• Chris Roots

Voodoo Lad had done his job as far as owner Kevin Maloney was concern after a win at Scone three years ago, everything since his two-year-old season has been a bonus.

• Adam Pengilly

Murray Baker may have plundered the Australian Derby-Oaks double - and another horse schooled under the canny Kiwi horseman is in line for the Randwick carnival scraps. Only this time the most successful New Zealand trainer in Australian group 1s won't be picking up the cheque.

• Chris Roots

James Cummings always adheres to his grandfather's patience will be rewarded attitude with his team but for the second year in row he has found the right horse at the right time for the Champagne Stakes.

• Chris Roots

Gary Moore has one thought in mind with Takedown this campaign: to impress Everest slot holders and get a spot in the $10 million showcase on October 14.

• Chris Roots

Gai Waterhouse labelled the fact her and training partner Adrian Bott were charged with conduct prejudicial to the image and interests of racing as "totally unacceptable, so incredibly severe, unnecessary and certainly unfair", on Tuesday.

• Patrick Bartley

The head of Racing New South Wales maintains he is unrepentant at the prospect that one of Victoria's most important racing days is under pressure from a lavish meeting being planned for the same day in Sydney.

• John Holloway

The exploits of I Am Invincible since the start of 2017 have been remarkable and he is poised to continue the run as the breeding season closes in on its September start.

• Adam Pengilly

The Australian Turf Club has already discussed semi-permanent measures such as a lighting or siren system that could be installed at Randwick within weeks in order to prevent a repeat of the bizarre Sydney Cup confusion.

• Chris Roots

Chris Waller will allow Winx to wind down over the next week before she heads for a well-earned spell and a shot at history and third Cox Plate in the spring.

• Chris Roots

There are trainers lining up to have a shot at a rescheduled Sydney Cup but Godolphin has told the Australian Turf Club, Polarisation, the winner of Saturday's no-race, and Penglai Pavilion will not run if entries are reopened.

• Chris Roots

Newcastle trainer Kris Lees is confident Le Romain can finish his autumn campaign with a victory in Saturday's All Aged Stakes at Randwick.

• Adam Pengilly

The architect of The Championship John Messara has a Queen Elizabeth Stakes with It's A Dundeel but the win of Shoals in Saturday's Percy Sykes Stakes left him so emotional he couldn't go to the presentation.

• Andrew Webster

If there was ever an hour on a racetrack that captured the soaring highs and grim lows of racing, it was there for all to see at Royal Randwick on Saturday.

• Adam Pengilly

Chris Waller won his first group 1 race with a horse other than Winx in more than a year as filly Foxplay beat her older rivals in the $1 million major at Randwick on Saturday.

• Adam Pengilly

There is a touch of Bart Cummings in Murray Baker, who wanders around after winning group 1s like he has nothing better to do.

• Adam Pengilly

Racing stewards were forced to call off the Sydney Cup mid-race after Almoonqith collapsed on the first lap, breaking its leg.

• Chris Roots

Superlatives exhausted after super mare blazed to her 17th straight win at Randwick.

• David Polkinghorne

Canberra horses finished first and third in the $400,000 Provincial Championships Final at Randwick on Saturday.

• Chris Roots

Former hobby trainer Phillip Courtney will always remember the 2017 Provincial Championships after Maryore swept away with the Final of a series he didn't think she would be running in.

• Chris Roots

Albury trainer Kym Davison will look to qualify Overdue will look for a place in next month's Wagga Cup by winning Sunday's Gundagai Cup.

• Chris Roots

Andrew Bourke and Jemma Howard-Coney have been elected to represent NSW mini trotting in the Kidz Karts Lizzie's of Rosland Series in New Zealand later this month.

• Adam Pengilly

How does science comprehend the almost unrivalled dominance of Winx?

• Hugh Bowman

The thing that gives me goosebumps is the reception Winx gets as she comes out onto the track.

• David Polkinghorne

Canberra trainer Matthew Dale has his sights set on the world's richest turf race - the $10m Everest.

• Chris Roots

There are a couple of five-year-old mares at Randwick on Saturday whose careers have gone in different directions since they first met 2½ years ago.