While he is happy Rebel Dane has found a home at stud, trainer Gary Portelli admits it will be hard to see him leave the stable.
 

Champion jumps jockey Steve Pateman will be sporting two hats on the opening day of the three-day Warrnambool carnival.

Apprentice Tiffiani Brooker will consider appealing the severity of her seven-day suspension for excessive whip use aboard Victory Stakes winner Dreams Aplenty while the trainer of the runner-up will try to have the result reversed.

 Head east young man head east!! Who collects this weeks prestigious award?

Toowoomba gelding Dreams Aplenty has confirmed his rating as a tough fighter when he got up off the canvas to win the Group Three Gunsynd Classic at Eagle Farm.
 

Originally bought with the Magic Millions Classic on the Gold Coast in mind, Kobayashi has made it two wins in succession with a stakes race win at Caulfield.

Premier Brisbane jockey Jeff Lloyd has been seen at his best in a clever front-running ride on Music Magnate to win the Group Two Victory Stakes.
 

Chris Waller is tipping more Sydney form reversals like the one turned in by former New Zealand mare Shillelagh to win the Godolphin Crown.

 Illness forced apprentice Beau Mertens out of a midweek city meeting but he has kept up his title challenge by returning to his winning ways at Caulfield.
 

Mr Sneaky is again in line for a trip north of the Victorian border after an impressive win at Caulfield.

Trainer Chris Munce has racked up his fourth two-year-old stakes win of the season with second stringer Saint Patricks Day winning the Dalrello Stakes (1200m) at Eagle Farm.
 

Odeon has stamped his South Australian Derby credentials with a strong win against older horses at Caulfield.

Veteran jockey Michael Cahill is philosophical about his career after riding two winners from his only two rides at Eagle Farm.
 

As Sydney’s weather has started to improve, so to have the racing fortunes of Go Daddy Go.

A Brisbane trip is on the cards for He Ekscels after his impressive maiden success at Caulfield.

Trainer Darren Bell has been swamped with well wishers after claiming his first metropolitan Saturday win since returning from the most trying four months of his life.

John O’Shea has reportedly resigned as head Australian trainer for international thoroughbred racing power Godolphin.

Trainer Ron Quinton is confident Daysee Doom can bounce back from a luckless run and threaten Peter Snowden’s domination of the Godolphin Crown at Hawkesbury.
 

Luke Murrell missed by a nose with Tessera last week but is heading out of Sydney to find us a winner for this week end. He is confident he will get back on track and put money in your pocket tomorrow.

Australian Group One winner The United States has pleased his race jockey in a gallop at Sha Tin.

 A victory at Benalla in country Victoria has brought up another milestone for Group One-winning jockey Linda Meech.

While many trainers have expressed disappointment with the Eagle Farm track after course proper gallops, Robert Heathcote’s confidence in Hopfgarten has been boosted after his work-out.

While decorated pinto mare Moonwind Park Prosperity again proved she was in a class of her own at the Royal Easter Show, Michelle Ritchie admits it is more difficult to place the pride of her racing stable.

Trainer Matt Laurie has no lofty ambitions for Master Reset who is set to take his place in a stakes race at Caulfield.

Bold Kingston has been behaving like a new horse after a recent upset win and trainer John Zielke says he is ready to spring another surprise at Eagle Farm.

It’ has already been a golden year for trainer Gary Portelli who aims to keep the theme going for a little while longer.

In the same week the John Moloney-trained Dornier won the Listed VRC St Leger, two-year-old Indernile will try to add another stakes win for the prominent Victorian racing family.
 

Trainer Matt Dunn decided to aim q of his runners for the Group One Derby (2400m) on June 10 rather than the Group Two Queensland Guineas (1600m) on the same day.
 

Triple Group One winner Turn Me Loose will stand at New Zealand’s Windsor Park Stud in the upcoming breeding season.

“Mark Read, one of Australia’s leading bookmakers, predicts only 12-20 bookies will field in the main betting rings in the future” This was his quote July 1984 and shows how far Mark Read was ahead of his time.