August

San Domenico Stakes underdog Royal Popcorn will employ catch-me-if-you-can tactics in the heavy Rosehill conditions.

Yes Yes Yes is out of the San Domenico Stakes with connections opting to dodge a heavy track return.

Three-year-old filly Missile Mantra and gelding Peidra will both be out to remain unbeaten when they line up in the Group Three McNeil Stakes at Caulfield.

Trainer Mark Newnham will take two horses to Rosehill, one trying to prove itself and the other attempting to redeem itself.

Trainer James Cummings says the Memsie Stakes presents Alizee with a chance to see where she sits in the pecking order for Godolphin's spot in The Everest.

Lindsay Park is planning a light campaign for Amphitrite as the mare heads towards a start in the $7.5 million Golden Eagle at Rosehill.

Racing officials have confirmed Mikaela Claridge as the apprentice jockey killed in a trackwork accident at Cranbourne.

Randwick training partners Peter and Paul Snowden will saddle up the only fillies in the San Domenico Stakes field.

Talented gelding Sovereign Nation's liking for 1400m-races on big tracks gives him a chance to score an overdue win at Eagle Farm.

Friday's Pakenham race meeting has been called off after the death of an apprentice jockey at trackwork.

Trainer Barry Lockwood is happy predictions former NSW galloper Invincible Gangsta would be suited in Brisbane have proved correct.

A jockey has died after falling from a horse at a racecourse in southeast Melbourne.

The Melbourne Cup has attracted 152 nominations including 39 internationally trained horses while the Caulfield Cup has 143 entries including 25 internationals.

Former top jockey Allan Russell will be foreman for trainer Chris Munce in a new association with the Archer Park Group.

Tony McEvoy-trained stablemates Despatch and Oohood are set to line up in the Memsie Stakes, the first Group One race of the new season in Melbourne.

The Snowden training team is keeping a close eye on the weather ahead of the San Domenico Stakes meeting at Rosehill.

Hawkes Racing is employing its successful tactic of a late arrival in Melbourne when Sylvia's Mother runs in the Group Three Cockram Stakes at Caulfield.

More than four months after suffering several broken bones in a race fall, Andrew Adkins is back and determined to make an impact.

Hawkes Racing will unveil a colt it hopes can be a major player this spring when Exceedance resumes at Rosehill.

Last year's winner Cross Counter is among the horses nominated for the next running of Australia's most famous race.

In-form trainer Steve O'Dea doubles his chances of a winner at Eagle Farm by running Reckless Choice and So Spirited in separate races.

The owners of star galloper Beauty Generation have made a heart-warming gesture to help the family of Tye Angland.

Black Heart Bart resumes his career in the Group One Memsie Stakes at Caulfield where he will be joined by stablemate Scales Of Justice.

Trainer Gary Portelli and jockey Michael Cahill have been long-time friends and link again with the enigmatic Single Bullet when he makes his Eagle Farm debut.

Super Seth and stablemate King Of Hastings will put their spring credentials on show when they make their season returns in the McNeil Stakes.

Trainer Tony Gollan has had a minor setback to his spring carnival plans but hopes to get back on track with Niedorp at Eagle Farm.

Top central Queensland apprentice Elyce Smith makes her Brisbane debut with three rides at Eagle Farm.

A Victoria Derby bid looms large for Just Thinkin', one of two winners for co-trainers Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott at Warwick Farm.

Trainer Shawn Mathrick wasn't put off by the rain as Rich Itch backed up a recent Sale victory with success at Sandown.

The Mike Moroney-trained Sound is ready to run in a barrier trial at Cranbourne ahead of a tilt at the Melbourne Cup.