Craig Williams went from riding the Caulfield Cup favourite to having living on "salad and fish for the week" to ride Amelie's Star after a dramatic Tuesday, which has left Aidan O'Brien-trained Johannes Vermeer a firm top pick in betting for Saturday's $3.1 million staying test.
Single Gaze has been spending two days per week at the beach to be in prime condition for the spring carnival.
Hugh Bowman got another feel of the power of Winx in a private gallop at Moonee Valley on Tuesday before getting a final feel his Caulfield Cup ride Marmelo.
Caulfield and Melbourne Cup hopeful Admire Deus has broken down during trackwork at Warrnambool on Tuesday morning, with the former Japanese stayer to miss the entire spring carnival.
When you are the star of the show you can ask for special treatment.
Hugh Bowman will visit two training centres in Melbourne on Tuesday morning.
It was only a quiet word amidst the chaos of The Everest, but Craig Williams' nod about the Caulfield Cup credentials of Admire Deus has convinced Australian Bloodstock syndicators their spring carnival is only about to get better.
The Everest didn't quite bring Sydney to a standstill, but it might halt traffic on Sydney's most famous landmark under a bold plan from NSW Opposition Leader Luke Foley.
Could a horse who started at 50-1 in a benchmark 78 race at Ballarat barely six months ago win one of Australia's greatest races this weekend?
Racing NSW boss Peter V'landys has declared The Everest is here to stay and will only get bigger next year with the world's richest race on turf set for a prizemoney boost after a record-breaking day at Randwick on Saturday.
Master trainer Murray Baker can find no reason why Caulfield Cup favourite Bonneval should not take her place in Saturday's $3.1 million 2400-metre test after she trotted-up sound on Sunday.
The success of The Everest on every scale of measurement is a credit to Racing NSW and the Australian Turf Club but it remains an unpolished diamond and needs its own chief executive.
Sydney syndicators, Chris and Michael Ward, felt they were having "an out of body experience" minutes after their brave sprinter, Redzel, was successful in the $10 million Everest at Randwick on Saturday.
Brenton Avdulla has reacted to criticism on social media of his ride as Chautauqua stormed home into fourth to Redzel in The Everest on Saturday.
The trainer admits that his latest acquisition, Admire Deus, remains a mystery as the stayer prepares for his Australian debut.
Redzel's co-trainer Paul Snowden was still talking about Sydney's biggest day of racing on Sunday but is already planning for The Everest winner to head to Melbourne for next month's Darley Classic.
Victorian Darren Weir was the trainer at Caulfield on Saturday with dual group 1 success, but in an underwhelming sign for the Melbourne spring, Sydneysiders have rarely done so badly in the Caulfield majors.
Kerrin McEvoy has won the two biggest races in Australia in the past year, but the buzz from Redzel's win in The Everest at Randwick on Saturday nearly matched that from Almandin in the Melbourne Cup.
But the Canberra sprint star will go to the paddock after finishing last in the inaugural running of the Everest.
The $10 million race was held at Randwick for the first time on Saturday before a massive crowd.
Michael Walker's long shot Caulfield Guineas win on Mighty Boss was soured when the stewards suspended him for 10 meetings after he pleaded guilty to careless riding at the conclusion of Saturday's meeting.
It wasn't meant to end this way. Fell Swoop co-owner Ryan Cappello stood alone.
Aloisia causes a boilover in the Thousand Guineas at Caulfield for Ciaron Maher's stand-in trainer Aaron Purcell.
The art of training is to get the best performance on the biggest day and Peter and Paul Snowden proved the masters as Redzel won The Everest at Randwick on Saturday.
Tosen Stardom finally showed his talent on the big stage with a slashing win in the Toorak Handicap.
Single Gaze edges closer to becoming the first Canberra horse in a Melbourne Cup in 12 years.
But big race winners do not normally return a starting price of $101 – so the muted response to outsider Mighty Boss's victory in the $2 million Caulfield Guineas was perhaps understandable.
A Caulfield Cup start for English stayer Francis Of Assisi has been ruled out after the horse suffered a hairline fracture of his pelvis after working at Werribee racecourse on Saturday.
Gailo Chop will take his chances against Winx in the Cox Plate in a fortnight after delivering a tough Caulfield Stakes win for trainer Darren Weir on Saturday.
Trainer Aaron Purcell got an immediate reward for his loyalty when he saddled up the first group 1 winner of his career with Aloisia, who landed the Thousand Guineas at Caulfield.
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