Just weeks after the track in Canni Creek was impacted by bushfire, the 133rd Buchan Cup is set to be held with six races on the picnic race program.
A sharp jump-out over 800m has Calvin McEvoy looking forward to the autumn return of Pretty Brazen in The Vanity at Flemington.
Jockey Tim Clark will chase a third successive victory in the Triscay Stakes at Randwick when he reunites with bonny mare Reelem In Ruby.
Trainer Desleigh Forster has made key changes to race-day gear on two of her horses as she bids to continue her recent run of success at Eagle Farm.
Peter Moody does not want to be the big commercial trainer he once was, preferring to keep numbers to a manageable level in new Pakenham stables.
One of the leading Golden Slipper fancies, Dame Giselle makes her autumn return at Randwick with her trainers saying she must run regardless of the wet track.
Popular Queensland gelding Alligator Blood has already won the Magic Millions Guineas to start the year and has three feature race targets in Melbourne.
Xerri, an expensive colt named after a top rugby league player, will make his debut at Eagle Farm.
The likelihood of a heavy track at Randwick has prompted James Cummings to reconsider Apollo Stakes plans for class mare Alizee.
Tofane will get further valuable straight-track experience in the Lightning Stakes ahead of her autumn target, the Newmarket Handicap.
A softer barrier draw could prove a decisive factor when stakes-placed juvenile Ticket To Ride bids to break her maiden at Randwick.
The Brisbane Racing Club is confident the Eagle Farm racetrack will be rated soft for the week’s main meeting and could get to good despite torrential rain.
The promising Eric The Eel will begin his quest for the Sydney autumn Group One three-year-old triple crown when he resumes at Eagle Farm.
The washed-out meeting at Doomben means promising stayer Slow Hands will instead run at Eagle Farm.
Further rain in Brisbane has soaked the Doomben track and forced the cancellation of racing.
A Sandown double has helped ease the pain of Larimer Street’s defeat in the Inglis Millennium at Warwick Farm for Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young.
Cloudbreaker has broken through for her maiden city success at Sandown with the Lindsay Park stable now looking at autumn black-type options for the filly.
Tommy Berry will miss important carnival assignments unless he is successful in an appeal against a ban for failing to ride a horse out to the line.
Unbeaten Godolphin-owned filly Katalin has earned a step up to stakes company in the Group Three The Vanity at Flemington after two wins in NSW.
Racing Queensland stewards will make a raceday decision on the fate of the Doomben meeting.
Co-trainer Calvin McEvoy is under no illusion about the task confronting Despatch in the Lightning Stakes at Flemington.
South Australian colt Dalasan will be among the Australian Guineas contenders who clash in what shapes as an exciting C S Hayes Stakes at Flemington.
Consistent Godolphin gelding Gaulois has earned a shot at the Newcastle Newmarket, claiming the scalp of Shared Ambition at Warwick Farm.
Jockey Billy Egan has been rewarded for keeping a hectic schedule, plundering a $1 million race in Sydney just hours before he is due to ride in Melbourne.
Visiting English rider Tom Marquand has revealed plans to return to Sydney during the autumn after winning the Inglis Millennium on Prime Star.
The possibility of a heavy track is trainer Pat Webster’s only sticking point ahead of the return of Happy Clapper at Randwick.
Caulfield Guineas winner Super Seth will have his next start in the Group One Futurity Stakes against older horses at weight-for-age at Caulfield.
Trainer Robert Heathcote has been forced to look elsewhere with one stable star and will rely on two-year-old Rothfire at Eagle Farm.
Stewards will make a mid-afternoon inspection of Doomben to determine if racing on the track can go ahead.
A field of seven has been declared for the Group One Black Caviar Lightning at Flemington including Nature Strip, Redzel and Loving Gaby.