On what is supposed to be a lazy Thursday it has turned into an afternoon of interest with a HUGE GO !!!

Big Richie Callander’s best bets for today’s Gosford meeting along with selections for every race. 

Jockey Jim Orman will miss the Doomben Cup meeting after being suspended at Ipswich.

After watching the Kentucky Derby from the Churchill Downs stand as a fan, Chris Waller will be back to business at Scone.

Apprentice Beau Mertens moved to within one win of the lead in the Melbourne jockeys’ premiership with a Sandown victory, but had his day soured by suspension.

Apprentice Jordan Childs has continued his impressive strike rate for trainer Archie Alexander as the pair prepare to chase a first Group One win in Adelaide.

Richard Freedman has rolled back the racing years, training a winner at Canterbury.
 

Darren Beadman is figuratively back in the saddle, taking little time to prepare his first winner as Godolphin’s interim trainer in Australia.
 

Memories of his best day at the races came flooding back for premier trainer Tony Gollan when first starter Prue’s Angel scored an upset win at Ipswich on Wednesday.

Trainer Robbie Laing is hoping a post-autumn carnival campaign for Evil Cry can provide a launching pad to the spring for the rising three-year-old.

Darren Beadman likes his chances of parlaying midweek success into an even more significant victory before he completes his first week in charge of Godolphin’s Australian stable.

Star sprinter Takedown is fit to run in the Group One Doomben 10,000 after a throat scope was shown to be clear earlier this week.
 

Doomben 10,000 favourite Russian Revolution has drawn well in barrier five of 15 for the first Group One race of the Brisbane winter carnival.

Big Richie Callander’s best bets for today’s Canterbury meeting along with selections for every race. 

Injured Hawkesbury trainer Jason Attard has multiple fractures to his collarbone after a trackwork fall.

Melbourne trainer Henry Dwyer will have runners at four venues in three states this weekend and admits it hasn’t been easy finding riders.

Rain in Brisbane has prompted a change of plans for The Monstar who will be given his chance at Group One level in the Doomben 10,000.

Group One regular Famous Seamus has certainly gone the distance in a career spanning 57 starts and now, in the twilight of his racing life, he is being challenged to go the extra mile.

Coming in to Winter means that tracks will be wet much of the time, rails won’t be in the “true” position much of the time and that’s when track bias can really come into play as a key factor in deciding on a bet.

Garbhan’s first exposure to elite company has convinced Mitch Newman the Queensland Derby is a viable target for the star of his stable.
 

A constant battle with weight and illness has forced the premature retirement of apprentice Dylan Dunn.

There is only one barrier to Rebel Dane taking his place in the Doomben 10,000, and it’s the one on the outside

A track gallop at Cranbourne has convinced the trainers of Anaheim to run the colt in the South Australian Derby.

 Trainer Glenn Thornton is showing faith in his apprentice daughter Stephanie who makes her metropolitan debut at Sandown.

Hawkesbury trainer Jason Attard has broken his shoulder in an early morning trackwork accident.

Two Australian Turf Club employees with the Mounted Security Division will face charges relating to the welfare of horses in the unit.

Fabrizio will have to carry 59 kilograms if he is to add the Scone Cup to his recent win in the Hawkesbury Gold Cup.

Big Richie Callander’s today’s best selections for today’s meeting at Hawkesbury along with selections in each race.

Crownbet’s weekend punting overview. Who were the runners who got the money, who were the big misses? Who is this weeks horse to follow that should have good money in it over the next few starts?

After being scratched from the Group One Australasian Oaks at the barriers, three-year-old filly Ceylon could instead make her next appearance at Caulfield.