Jockey Craig Williams has been given the all-clear to take his rides on the opening day of The Championships at Randwick.
 

The complexion of the VOBIS Gold Rush has changed with odds-on favourite Limestone a scratching from the $250,000 race for two-year-olds at Bendigo. Where is Darren Weir heading instead?
 

The Doomben race meeting remains in limbo ahead of track inspections of the waterlogged surface.
 

Star Turn is the latest of this season’s three-year-old colts to be retired to stud.
 

All the facts and figures for the Saturday’s Australian Derby at Royal Randwick. Plus read the key players thoughts leading into the big race.

All the facts and figures for the Saturday’s Sires Produce Stakes at Royal Randwick. Plus read the key players thoughts leading into the big race.

All the facts and figures for the Saturday’s T J Smiths Stakes at Royal Randwick. Plus read the key players thoughts leading into the big race.

The Sydney Cup remains a possibility for Tavago after initial fears he would miss the rest of the autumn and possibly the spring.

The smallest horse in Sydney’s premier stable will be aiming for the biggest prize on the first day of The Championships at Randwick.

The middle distance experiment with Chautauqua didn’t work but Tommy Berry is in no doubt the horse can reclaim his title as Australia’s sprint king.

Murray Baker won’t compare his other Australian Derby winners to current hope Jon Snow but who does he rate as toughest to beat in this year’s Derby?

Injury curtailed Victoria Derby aspirations for lightly raced Mandalay Bay in the spring but trainer Matt Laurie is hoping the gelding can still make an impact in the Queensland equivalent.

Well-rested stayer Polarisation has been tasked with giving Godolphin’s European contingent a feel-good factor after The Gold Trail’s demise on his Australian debut at Mornington.
 

BMW winner Jameka is being treated for travel sickness which will rule her out of a clash with Winx in Sydney and has cast a doubt on international plans. What does it mean for Jameka in the future?
 

Corey Brown wouldn’t swap Menari for any other horse in Saturday’s Inglis Sires and believes he can get him his first G1 in Sydney in 5 years. Who was Corey Brown’s last G1 winner in Sydney?

Show A Star will always hold a special place in the stable of Matt Cumani as he has so far given him his only city wins as a trainer.

The Peter and Will Hulbert training partnership will break one of its golden rules when brilliant barrier trial winner Cooroi Chase runs at Doomben.

The Brisbane Race club is still hoping conditions will clear enough to allow racing at Doomben to go ahead.
 

The Gwenda Marwell-trained Pomelo remains the favourite for the Provincial Championship final ahead of the first two from the Newcastle qualifier.

Australian sale agency William Inglis & Son are definitely serious when the say “the introduction of an exciting new concept in thoroughbred sales either side of the Australian Easter Yearling Sale is set to create the biggest fortnight of horse auctions in Australasian history.”

Leading Newcastle trainer Kris Lees will get the chance to repeat a feat he achieved 12 months ago after Clevedon Bay became his second confirmed starter in the $400,000 Provincial Championship Final.

Trainer Henry Dwyer won the VOBIS Gold Rush with If Not Now When a year ago and is hoping to snare the lucrative race at Bendigo again.

Astern’s much-anticipated return to racing risks being delayed with trainer John O’Shea confirming Godolphin’s star colt will not contest the $2.5 million TJ Smith Stakes if Sydney’s weather deteriorates.

Victorian trainer Brent Stanley will saddle his first runners in more than a year when two three-year-olds tackle stakes races at Randwick.

In-form three-year-old Theanswermyfriend has been installed odds-on favourite for the Listed Bendigo Guineas but trainer Robert Smerdon’s preference is to run him in Sydney on the same day.
 

All 12 slots have been filled for the inaugural running of the $10 million The Everest. It will be interesting to see who ends with the 12 slots?
 

Two-year-old Freeze Over has done what trainer John Sadler had hoped to see at Sandown by racing to a dominant debut win.
 

Dreams A Plenty’s Doomben win has shown why his connections weren’t too upset when a huge offer for him to race in Hong Kong fell over.

All the facts and figures for the Saturday’s Doncaster Mile at Royal Randwick. Plus read the key players thoughts leading into the big race.

He’s taken a circuitous route to the Doncaster Mile but journeyman Redkirk Warrior is set to go the distance. How does trainer David Hayes rate his chances on Saturday?