Three-year-old Divine Quality has taken the step to city racing in her stride and confirmed herself as a filly on the rise with a convincing win at Flemington.

Trainer Ben Currie is glad he bowed to the wishes of owner Mike Crooks when outsider With A Promise scored a boilover win in the Silk Stocking on the Gold Coast.

Cannyescent has racked up the third win of this preparation for his new trainers by finishing strongly to claim another benchmark race at Rosehill with Tim Clark aboard.

Hugh Bowman has had to work overtime to win his treble on the Gold Coast and show why he is considered one of the world’s best stakes race jockeys.

Booker has lived up to the lofty expectations of her trainers with a strong debut win at Flemington.

Champion trainer Chris Waller and jockey Hugh Bowman are eyeing another Queensland Oaks trophy after progressive filly Dawn Wall scored an emphatic win in the Gold Coast Bracelet (1800m).

Brenton Avdulla has posted a century of wins in NSW for the third successive season as Sydney’s premiership-leading jockey found redemption with Black On Gold.

De Little Engine has proven too classy for his rivals over a staying distance at Flemington to break through for his first win in 18 months.

A trip to Melbourne has helped turn promising galloper Taking Aim into a Group One contender in the Queensland winter carnival.

Lance Horan has earned enough to pay someone else to drive him home from Rosehill, with the part-time taxi driver celebrating O’Lordy’s big payday in the Highway Handicap.
 

An aborted trip to Brisbane for imported galloper Articus has paid dividends for Brad Rawiller at Flemington.

Viridine has made a successful beginning to his racing career at Rosehill, with New Zealand jockey Rory Hutchings also enjoying a fresh start.

Smart short course horse Prompt Return has had people searching the record books after running a slashing time for his last 600m in the Bat Out of Hell (900m) on the Gold Coast.

Godolphin Australia boss Henry Plumptre says the global racing organisation will not rush the appointment of a new head trainer to replace John O’Shea.

The five Group One race days of the Brisbane Race Club’s winter carnival will be shown live on free-to-air Racing.com for the first time.

Richie Callander’s 2 best plays at Rosehill today along with selections for the full card.

Almost a week after reports surfaced John O’Shea had resigned as its head Australian trainer, Godolphin has confirmed he has stepped down.

Darren Beadman has been granted a licence to train for Godolphin although there is still no official word that Australian head trainer John O’Shea has left the organisation.

Talented filly Freeze Over had an excuse out of her last-start defeat in Adelaide and trainer John Sadler is hoping to see her bounce back to her best at Flemington.

The shoe finally fits, so Brenden Mackay can dream of a Cinderella type ending when Nardoo makes her comeback at Rosehill.

Stampede has led all the way under apprentice Rachel King to win the Wagga Wagga Gold Cup for trainers Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott.

A change of scene and track conditions will ideally invigorate Preferment on the Gold Coast, as the multiple Group One-winner seeks a return to form before the Doomben Cup.

Luke got the money for us last week end heading to Newcastle. He is confident he has found money in the right race for us early tomorrow at Rosehill.

Having already stormed past his previous Commonwealth record for winners in a season, leading trainer Darren Weir is closing on his next milestone.
 

Expat Australian Ian Wilkes has already trained a Breeders’ Cup Classic winner and will have his first runner in the most famous American race of all when McCraken lines up in the Kentucky Derby.

Trainer Kelly Doughty has had one of her better winter carnival chances go amiss but hopes filly Benfica Princess is ready to fill the void.

Apprentice Beau Mertens gets an opportunity to edge closer to the lead in the Melbourne jockeys’ premiership with a full book of rides at Flemington.
 

Trainer Kevin Kemp is resigned to having to wait at least another week before he can test a theory about Sold For Song.

Big Richie Callander’s early plays for tomorrows Rosehill meeting.

Promising filly Egg Tart could turn out to be something of an appetiser for Chris Waller as he broadens his horizons to Adelaide, and beyond.