It was on the eve of Savabeel's 2004 Cox Plate when the then Racing Victoria chief, Robert Nason, made the bold call that he would shut down the Spring Carnival if it meant he could get rid of Betfair.
In the past 12 months Luke Currie has won two group one races aboard the highly talented sprinter/miler Hey Doc as well as landing the biggest monetary prize of his career on Saturday when he took out the $2 million Magic Millions Two Year Old classic aboard Sunlight.
Despite having stood down leading trainers Robert Smerdon and Stuart Webb, pressure still remains on the beleaguered Aquanita training centre and its operations.
Jockey Matthew McGillivray should consider himself very fortunate to be only serving a month's suspension for the carnage he caused in the Magic Millions Classic.
Tony McEvoy has 10 weeks until the Golden Slipper and will sit down in the next couple of weeks and plot how to get Magic Millions winner Sunlight to the world's richest race for two-year-olds.
Greg Hickman took a call from Corey Brown about Pierata and Magic Millions day last November and it only confirmed what he thought of the Pierro colt.
A woman was arrested and taken to Southport watchhouse after trying to steal the horse ambulance on Magic Millions day on the Gold Coast on Saturday.
Tony McEvoy believes Sunlight's composure was the difference between winning Saturday's Magic Millions Classic at the Gold Coast and being another bad luck story.
As sad as the last two months have been, it's hoped Canberra trainer Garry Kirkup's win will be the beginning of recovery.
If everything went to plan, Zafina would be bare hoofed and pregnant in a paddock.
Over the past 18 months Murwillumbah trainer Matt Dunn has been rising through the training ranks and now he believes he has the horse to take him to the group 1 level in Care To Think.
Canberra trainer Matt Dale might not be able to win any more Highway Handicaps but he could still win the Magic Millions Country Cup - Zafina helping deliver just that, completing an unlikely success on the Gold Coast on Saturday.
Robert Smerdon may have trained his last city winner depending on the outcome of a Racing Appeals and Disciplinary Board hearing later in the year after his two-year-old Al Dorama scored in the Meadow Mist Plate at Flemington on Saturday.
Brave, courageous and beaten were the three words to sum up Lazarus in Friday night's Fremantle Cup at Gloucester Park.
Since the 17th century man has dabbled in making the racing horse go faster. Once upon a time methods were simple: shouting, brandy was the best tipple for speed, stamina and courage, or a lick of caffeine.
Hugh Bowman stands atop the summit and surveys everything that's left to conquer. What does he see?
Canberra trainer Matthew Dale maps out stable star's autumn campaign.
Peter Robl believes the Magic Millions Guineas could be a great way for his time to end as the private trainer for Segenhoe Stud if Curdled can cause a surprise at the Gold Coast on Saturday.
Aquanita Racing on Friday stood down four employees implicated in a massive doping scandal, including one of Australia's top trainers, Robert Smerdon.
It is the dilemma that faces small stables with an emerging star all too often. Stick with the man who got you there or go to the proven big name.
While the rich Magic Millions races will be front and centre of Australian racing on Saturday, there may be some history being made in the opening race at Flemington.
David Hayes knows history is against him but he also knows what he has got in Snitzel filly Nomothaj in Saturday's Magic Millions Classic at the Gold Coast.
One of Australia's longest serving and respected racehorse syndicators, Shelley Hancox, believes that the four Aquanita trainers that were charged with doping earlier this week should be stood down.
Kris Lees is ready to look to black-type races with Sugar Bella but she needs to keep her unbeaten record for him at Randwick on Saturday for it to happen sooner rather than later.
Scone trainer Brett Cavanough had planned to be on the Gold Coast with Another Sin this weekend, such is his opinion of the three-year-old, but he will have to settle for Randwick as he works out where he is heading for the autumn.
China Horse Club racing manager Michael Wallace cannot split its greatest moments of 2017, calling it a dead heat between the performances of Russian Revolution and Invader in the space of three weeks during the Sydney autumn carnival.
Christine Cook knows what it is like to the Magic Millions women's bonus but the second time around it would be even more special because her filly Meryl will be in her colours.
If the multiple charges against Aquanita trainers Robert Smerdon, Tony Vasil, Stuart Webb and Liam Birchley, are proven, millions of dollars in prizemoney will have to be returned to Owners, trainers and Jockeys dating back to 2010.
Two of Aquanita's high profile trainers Robert Smerdon and Tony Vasil are among eight people charged by Racing Victoria
On Tuesday afternoon a Racing Victoria Integrity Department press release laid bare the biggest corruption enquiry seen in racing since the Fine Cotton ring-in.