The BMW Stakes has a select field of 9 runners but contains 7 individual G1 winners, 7 horses bred overseas along with 2 homebred Aussies. We think a kiwi in Tavago will win it this year. Who do you think?

While international visitor The Gold Trail commands most attention going into the Listed Mornington Cup, Sheikh Mohammed also has another chance with a locally-trained horse from his global Godolphin operation.

The chance to run on his favoured heavy conditions at his pet track and distance means Jopa will back up for the third week in a row when he runs at Doomben.

All the facts and figures for the Saturday’s BMW Stakes. Plus read the key players thoughts for Saturday’s G1 at Rosehill.

Chris Waller senses Grand Marshal is running on empty ahead of The BMW, and fears Rosehill’s next headline Group One race will be the English import’s swan song.

Jockey Dean Holland has been suspended for three weeks over his handling of Barge And Charge in a 3000m-race at Moonee Valley last month.

All the facts and figures for the Saturday’s Vinery Stud Stakes. Plus read the key players thoughts for Saturday’s G1 at Rosehill.

Rising Red has been scratched from the Tulloch Stakes and is also unlikely to run in the Australian Derby.

Leading jockey Hugh Bowman has a third Vinery Stud Stakes win in five years in his sights aboard the favourite Foxplay in the Group One feature for fillies at Rosehill. Who are the 2 fillies he rode to win the Vinery previously?

Group One winner Sakhee’s Soldier has missed two barrier trials but is still expected to perform solidly on his return from an injury-enforced break at Doomben.

All the facts and figures for the William Reid Stakes. Plus read the key players thoughts for tomorrow nights G1 at The Valley.

Sheidel already has an Oakleigh Plate win this campaign and her co-trainer Tom Dabernig believes she is in the right form to challenge for another Group One victory in the William Reid Stakes. What is her record like at the Valley?

Jeff Lloyd has snared the publicity as he zeros in on a jockeys’ premiership record but his biggest supporter, trainer Toby Edmonds, is also close to a milestone. What is the milestone he may achieve this Saturday?

The forecast for further rain has prompted the transfer of the Kembla Grange race meeting to Goulburn.
 

Champion Irish jumps trainer Willie Mullins is potentially lining up Penhill for the Melbourne Cup following his success at the Cheltenham Festival last week.

Arrogate, the worlds top rated horse alongside Winx races in Dubai on Saturday night. Will he be as impressive as Winx was taking out last Saturday’s George Ryder Stakes?

Leading Melbourne apprentice Beau Mertens has reached another milestone in his burgeoning career, bringing up his 50th metropolitan winner at Sandown.

Jameka is heading to the G1 BMW at Rosehill on Saturday. Read Hugh Bowman’s thoughts on her chances for the big G1.
 

A thunderstorm has curtailed the midweek race meeting at Warwick Farm.
 

Doncaster Mile-bound It’s Somewhat has continued his preparations heading towards the race on Saturday week. Read what John O’Shea has done to keep him up to the mark since his Ajax win.

Matt Hill has been appointed Melbourne’s premier race caller to replace the retiring Greg Miles.

Condor Heroes has been escorted to the barriers ahead of his Warwick Farm rivals, loaded up last and swiftly made amends for a no-show that ended his Golden Slipper hopes. Where does he head to next?

The Provincial Championships qualifier at Kembla Grange will be relocated to Goulburn if weather continues to impact on an already saturated track.

Danny Nikolic has “shown his teeth” to racing stewards among others and could return to his previous form, a tribunal says in rejecting his bid to get back in the saddle.

Rising Red’s second to Gingernuts in the New Zealand Derby has boosted his trainers’ confidence heading to the Australian equivalent. Rising Red had a very tough trip in the NZ Derby so it isn’t hard seeing the tables turned in Sydney.

A trip to Sydney for two-year-old Eminent is now unlikely after he was beaten into second place as the odds-on favourite in a midweek race at Doomben. What does he have planned for him now?

La Bella Diosa returns to the scene of the ugliest run of her career when New Zealand’s stand-out filly strives to make amends at Rosehill in the Vinery Stud Stakes. Read what went wrong in the Coolmore.

 The recent Canberra Cup win of Dark Eyes has earned the gelding a crack at another Cup at Mornington.

The William Reid Stakes features five Group One winners but it is a sprinter still chasing an elite-level breakthrough who is the early favourite. Does he deserve the tag over the 1,200 meter distance of Friday nights race?

A big weight rather than a wet track concerns trainer Scott Morrisey ahead of Perilous Love’s bid for an Australian Oaks berth.