With the Eagle Farm track being recently rested for this years Winter Carnival we look back at Phil Purser’s column regarding the state of the track just over 12 months ago when the BRC were talking very positively about the refurbishment of the track. Boy did they get it wrong.

Running a racing stable without foreign workers is an impossibility for most Australian trainers.

All the facts and figures you need for the re run of the Sydney Cup. Plus read the thoughts of the key players.

Trainer David Vandyke is looking to give his client and friend Sam Mayer a double for the week when Emerald City runs at Doomben.
 

Danger Deal will have a crack at a rich race for juveniles in Melbourne but trainer Leon Macdonald has decided to keep the colt’s elder half-brother Royal Rumble at home to run in Adelaide.

Crystal Dreamer has built a good winning record and will now get his chance to add a black-type success at Caulfield in the Listed Bel Esprit Stakes.
 

Jockey Cory Parish considers the Sydney Cup ride on Boom Time in the $2 million race at Randwick the greatest opportunity of his career.

A three-month trial of the digital service Ride Guide where jockeys give thoughts on their race rides will begin at Caulfield.
 

All Aged Stakes winner Tivaci has run his last race and will head to Waikato Stud in New Zealand where he will stand in the spring.
 

In-form jockey Ron Stewart realises his first ride on Too Good To Refuse could be his last, at least in the short term.
 

The New Zealand Racing Board will inject $24 million into prize money across the three codes over the next two years with thoroughbred racing to get $6.5 million.

The bigger purse on offer in the VOBIS Gold Sprint has lured trainer Michael Mehegan away from a stakes race at Caulfield.
 

Three-time Sydney premiership winner Nash Rawiller hopes to be back in the saddle in June after dislocating his shoulder and fracturing his back in a fall in Hong Kong.

Group One-winning mare Single Gaze has travelled well to Brisbane as she prepares for what could be a career-defining winter.
 

Trainers Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott will answer charges next week relating to the substitution of horses in televised track gallops.
 

Queensland stewards have concluded a long-running inquiry into a ride by premier jockey Jeff Lloyd at the Sunshine Coast.

Let’s start out by stating very clearly that I like jumps racing. I have a history with it, and the broken bones have all mended.

The winners are starting to flow in Victoria for trainer Grahame Begg and the next step is to snare a city success.
 

Maryore was a support act at Randwick the day Winx stole the show in the Queen Elizabeth Stakes, and now Canberra trainer Philip Courtney is taking the star of his stable on the road again.

Melbourne Cup-winning jockey Tony Allen says he’s planning a comeback in New Zealand next month.
 

The track condition will determine whether talented sprinter O’Malley has his first-up run in a stakes race at Caulfield.
 

Jamie Richards saw a lot to like about Chance To Dance in his first run under a new training regime.

Young trainer Ben Currie had the best day of his career at Toowoomba a fortnight ago and hopes to translate that into further stakes success at Doomben.

Racing Queensland has reinstated official trials at Eagle Farm and Doomben in an effort to boost betting turnover and national media coverage.

Craig Williams will miss the Sydney Cup ride on favourite Big Duke after failing to get a careless riding ban reduced on appeal.
 

 The Queensland Racing Integrity Commission (QRIC) has decided not to continue with appeals against the decisions in two cases involving alleged cobalt level breaches.

Members of Racing Victoria have unanimously approved special resolutions to amend the RV constitution, moving closer to an independent board.

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?

 Trainer Mike Moroney will be chasing a second Sydney Group One win in as many meetings when veteran stayer Mister Impatience lines up in the rescheduled Sydney Cup.

Perth visitor Malibu Style goes to a stakes race at Caulfield with the benefit of one Melbourne experience under his belt.