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Hopes of a Group One-winning send-off from Sydney racing are over for Hong Kong-bound trainer Michael Freedman with Golden Slipper runner-up Frolic out of the Champagne Stakes at Randwick.

The Darren Weir-trained star Black Heart Bart will bypass the All Aged Stakes in Sydney, with an historic second Group One Goodwood in Adelaide now his immediate target.

Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott have been charged for substituting three horses in a televised track gallop.

An impressive track gallop at Broadmeadow means Le Romain will not be put out to pasture for a spell just yet.
 

After missing the Golden Mile win at Bendigo, jockey Tom Sadler will reunite with Observational in the Group Three Easter Cup at Caulfield with the opportunity to win the biggest race of his career.

Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott have been charged for substituting three horses in a televised track gallop.

Apprentice Deanne Panya has had no hesitation about getting back on the horse, despite her return to racing coinciding with a sequence of tragic events for fellow jockeys.
 

Group One-winning jockey Dom Tourneur has suffered broken ribs in a trackwork fall and is set for a stint on the sidelines.
 

New Zealand Group One winner Start Wondering will head to Brisbane rather than Hong Kong for his next race.
 

Crownbet’s week end punting overview. Who were the runners who got the money, who were the big misses? Who is this weeks horse to follow?

Apprentice jockey Melanie Bolwell is now in a stable condition after a three-horse fall at Warialda in which popular senior rider Darren Jones lost his life.

The two track riders injured in a fall at Toowoomba are unlikely to walk again.

The Group One Sydney Cup has been rescheduled with supplementary entries to be taken in addition to those runners from the original no-race up to a field of 14.

Trainer Matt Cumani is excited about having import Grey Lion ready to return in the Group Three Easter Cup at Caulfield which will launch a campaign aimed at the Brisbane winter carnival.

James McDonald has lost his second tier appeal against the severity of an 18-month disqualification for betting on a horse he was riding.

As the rain came down on Stony Creek, Mick Bell was hoping for more of the same when Jungle Edge aims to extend his dream run in the Group One All Aged Stakes at Randwick.

A colt related to trainer Matt Laurie’s two best-performed horses will get a crack at a Group One race early in his career in the Champagne Stakes in Sydney.

Queensland stewards have opened an inquiry into a fall which has left two Toowoomba track riders in intensive care with serious spinal injuries.

All Aged Stakes favourite and defending titleholder English will have to pass a veterinary test to take her place in the Group One race at Randwick

Track riders Ben Saunders and Wade Clasohm remain in intensive care after suffering spinal injuries in a fall at Toowoomba.
 

Tumbler will make her delayed return to racing at Doomben after missing a scheduled start at Toowoomba because of a wide barrier.
 

Melbourne premiership contender Beau Mertens has had one meeting shaved off a careless riding ban on appeal, meaning he will not miss a metropolitan meeting.

Leading sire Snitzel will be the highest-priced stallion at Arrowfield Stud in the next breeding season off the back of a brilliant season. What is his new fee?

Group One winner First Seal has been retired after a career which netted six wins from 21 starts and early bragging rights over Winx.

Racing Queensland is hoping its new winter carnival campaign will attract a more diverse supporter base.

Greg Miles’ last day as a race caller has been made a little harder with the addition of an extra race at Caulfield.

Her autumn campaign has barely finished but already plans are being made for Winx’s spring. The Spring has already been mapped out but where will she go?

In the space of two weekends during The Championships under-rated gelding Sense Of Occasion has more than doubled his career earnings without winning a race.
 

How did the runners parade prior to Saturday’s big meeting at Royal Randwick? Who still have improvement moving towards the end of the Sydney Carnival? Who is this week’s horse to follow?

Winx and her jockey Hugh Bowman have made it look easy, cruising to victory in the Queen Elizabeth Stakes while the mare’s nervous trainer has fought a battle with his nerves.