The Aurie’s Star Handicap will be the first race in what trainer Shane Nichols hopes will be a big spring campaign for Group One winner I Am A Star.

And There Is More will make her debut for South Coast trainer Terry Robinson in the Highway Handicap at Rosehill, a race he has claimed five times.

Dwayne Dunn has ridden Royal Symphony to three wins but will honour his commitment to Hawkes Racing if he is needed to ride Chautauqua in The Everest.

Talented sprinter Hanwritten has had an easy trial as he prepares for his comeback at Doomben.

Siege Of Quebec will take the next step towards the Golden Rose when he makes his black-type debut in the Listed Rosebud at Rosehill.

Beau Mertens will begin his 2017-18 season with four rides at Flemington on the Aurie’s Star Handicap program.

Trainer Toby Edmonds will put the stable’s Golden Rose hopefuls, Whypeeo and I Am Impinge, to the test at Doomben.

Ballina trainer Stephen Lee has made a habit of winning races in Brisbane and has a strong hand again at Doomben.

Caulfield Cup runner-up Scottish will head a strong team from Godolphin’s northern hemisphere base to visit Melbourne for the spring.

Things were also happening off track in Melbourne, largely unreported, as former Racing Victoria chairman David Moodie, going to the Supreme Court to challenge Victoria’s independent Integrity Commissioner Sal Perna’s findings.

Jockey Chad Lever remains in hospital in Newcastle after suffering facial injuries in a fall at Scone.

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If things don’t improve, The Everest will simply be a very lucrative but very humdrum Group 1 sprint, with nothing really special about it other than the prizemoney. If that happens, then the whole concept of The Everest has to be brought into question.

Apprentice Matt McGillivray’s good start to the new season has come to a stop with a suspension at Caloundra.

Racing NSW has announced prize money increases for five key NSW country features.

Every one of the horses Tulloch Lodge saddled up at Canterbury has won with Adrian Bott buoyed by the progress of colts Runaway and Gold Standard.

Corey Brown and apprentice Deane Panya have been suspended for careless riding at Canterbury.

Regimen has been on her best behaviour on her city debut at Canterbury to remain unbeaten with her second convincing victory.

Street Comic is the grandson of a Golden Slipper winner but is looking to make his name as a stayer after winning at the Sunshine Coast.

Rocket Tommy makes a return to Flemington in a benchmark 90 race looking to remain unbeaten at the track.

Coffs Harbour trainer Brett Bellamy will embark on a rare road trip to Sydney to run unbeaten mare Super Tonic in the Highway Handicap at Rosehill.

Hey Doc will have his return run in the Aurie’s Star Handicap at Flemington ahead of Group One races in the spring.

Tulloch Lodge colt Runaway has broken his maiden with a comfortable win at Canterbury after coming up short last start against D’Argento.

Apprentice Jag Guthmann Chester has ridden his first metropolitan standard winner on Exceed Battle who carries famous colours.

Jim and Greg Lee are confident three-year-old Lightz is in for a much-improved campaign starting with The Rosebud at Rosehill.

Rejuvenated galloper Budget Bender is set to back up at Doomben from a win at Caloundra in an attempt to complete a hat-trick.

Oscietra, the daughter of unbeaten Black Caviar, will attempt to break her maiden status on the synthetic track at Geelong.

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Trainer Trent Pennuto and a stable employee have a date before the Racing Appeals and Disciplinary Board over the alleged stomach tubing of Chatober.