Once again the need for the racing industry to have it own aeroplane was highlighted on the weekend with the Night's Watch saga, which ended with the stayer being scratched for late arrival at Doomben on Saturday.
Peter Snowden has set his sights on group success rather than the riches of the Magic Millions as Flippant returns from a brief retirement in Monday's Standish Handicap at Flemington.
Ken Keys openly admits that his favourite racehorse, Like A Carousel, doesn't have the greatest of strike rates, however the trainer is just as convinced that on the score of honesty and bravery the stayer is capable of winning Monday's $150,000 Bagot Handicap at Flemington.
Adrian Bott believes a decision taken in Melbourne during the spring will continue to reap rewards with Broadside in the Tattersalls Club Cup at Randwick on Monday and into 2018.
A revolutionary development by an Australian biotech company is set to take the global horse industry by storm.
Caulfield trainer John Moloney must now weigh up whether to tackle rich black type races during the autumn or spell his now unbeaten filly, Graceful Storm, after her success in the Two-Year-Old Ladbrokes Plate at Sandown on Saturday.
Music Magnate had plenty of weight and also quality on his rivals as he returned from injury winning the Christmas Classic at Randwick on Saturday.
Mark Newnham always like Quackerjack but it took the encouragement of owner Frank Mittiga to pay $240,000 at Magic Millions last year.
Sasso Corbaro had trainer Kris Less concerned at the beginning of her preparation but after a convincing win at Randwick on Saturday, he is ready to take the All Too Hard filly to next month's Magic Millions Guineas.
Wagga Wagga jockey Brad Clark hung up the saddle in November but will remain in a position he has filled for the past decade as a jockeys' mentor for the Southern region.
Another Fireball will have her last start, for a while, and attempt to give father-son combination David and Blake Micallef their biggest win in the Leeton Pacers Cup on New Years Day.
Gary Portelli is getting used to taking his horses to the races being underestimated in betting markets, but it has him second guessing himself with Secret Lady at Randwick on Saturday.
Concerned racing enthusiasts are hoping that new Racing Victoria chairman Brian Kruger adds more than a grain of salt when he reads an industry website with glowing and upbeat reports of immense prosperity just around the corner for the industry.
A lot is riding on Saturday's Vo Rogue Plate for Whypeeo and Pierata – the chance at a $500,000 bonus to be precise – and it has had Warwick Farm trainer Greg Hickman in enemy territory for the past week.
Don't compare champions but Winx doesn't get onto the same page as Tulloch when it comes to controversy nor does trainer Chris Waller with Tommy Smith.
While some clubs are feeling the effects of so much racing during the Christmas and New Year period, not so at Sandown on Saturday, where there will be near-capacity fields in most races.
Arrowfield Stud is revelling in the success of their three renowned stallions in the 2017 calendar year. The progeny of Redoute's Choice and his two sons Snitzel and Not A Single Doubt will once again supply the stars in the consignment of 58 yearlings Arrowfield's selling at the Magic Millions Sales beginning on January 10.
The high of The Everest still has a dizzy effect on Triple Crown Syndication's Michael Ward as he enters the buying season starting with Magic Millions next month.
Clarry Conners has won four Golden Slippers and sees the makings of another contender for the biggest two-year-old prizes in Skyray.
It's that time of year in Melbourne, the summer hiatus, when all the top Victorian trainers thoughts turn towards Queensland and the Magic Millions carnival.
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A senior Racing Victoria executive has defended the slump in horse numbers at Mornington on Wednesday, blaming the excessive amount of racing around the state between Christmas and New Year.
Maturity has made all the difference for improving five-year-old mare Payroll.
Nisbet won the first two races at Queanbeyan on Boxing Day in a triumphant return to the low-key meet.
For the first time in 20 years, Queanbeyan's Boxing Day races will be missing part of the furniture.
Warrnambool trainer Symon Wilde achieved a training milestone at Moonee Valley on Saturday after notching his first metropolitan double.
Gundagai trainer David Blundell has picked another opportune moment to bring Itsa Fait Accompli to Sydney for a Highway Handicap.
Spirit Of Boom, the bread-and-butter Queenslander, will be out to continue his blitz over the silvertail stallions today following Jonker's dynamic success in the Wyong Magic Millions Two-Year-Old Classic on Thursday.
The champion mare is steadily building fitness.
From the domination of the autumn to the sheer grit of a champion refusing to lose in the spring, Winx took racing back into the public domain in 2017.
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