Injured apprentice jockey Melanie Bolwell has been talking to family after doctors removed her breathing tube.
 

Leading Melbourne jockey Craig Williams will need two meetings shaved off a careless riding suspension if he is to ride favourite Big Duke in the Sydney Cup.

A track gallop at Caulfield has convinced trainer Stuart Webb to run Annus Mirabilis in the rescheduled Sydney Cup at Randwick.
 

The brilliant Invincible Express missed a clash with another promising mare, Tumbler, at Doomben but is ready to return to racing at Ipswich.
 

Godolphin’s England-based trainer Charlie Appleby has finally received some positive news regarding his Sydney-based contingent with Polarisation cleared to contest a re-run of the Sydney Cup after passing a veterinary inspection.
 

How did the runners parade prior to Saturday’s big meeting at Royal Randwick? Who were the on top selections who got home for followers of the service?

An inquiry into Glyn Schofield’s ride on Up ‘n’ Rolling at Canterbury has been adjourned.
 

Miss Promiscuity will be out to snap a year-long absence from the winner’s circle when she returns to Caulfield for a defence of the lucrative VOBIS Gold Sprint.
 

Interstate targets are on the radar for a number of horses who have made their mark at the public holiday meeting at Sandown.
 

John Sargent’s potential Melbourne Cup hope is ready to roll in the Sydney Cup but he needs a confirmed starter to drop out before the field is finalised.

After a scary incident at Ballarat a couple of weeks ago, jockey Brian Higgins has been rewarded for his persistence by guiding Sneakers to a city win at Sandown.
 

 Lonhro has produced another promising colt for the Godolphin stable with Regent overcoming a sluggish start to win on debut at Canterbury.
 

 Multiple stakes winner Hopfgarten’s winter carnival program will be decided after he runs in a barrier trial at Deagon.
 

English visitor Polarisation will undergo a veterinary inspection before he is confirmed as a starter in the Sydney Cup.
 

Craig Williams has lodged an appeal against the severity of a careless riding suspension which will keep him from riding Sydney Cup favourite Big Duke.

 The Hawkesbury Gold Cup has a new sponsor with the Group Three race to carry the name Livamol, a product of the International Animal Health company.

Three-time Sydney premiership winner Nash Rawiller has suffered a dislocated shoulder and an ankle injury in a fall at Sha Tin.
 

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Big Duke already has a unique place in the Darren Weir stable as the premier Melbourne trainer’s first Sydney winner.

With a flurry of winners in recent weeks, leading apprentice Beau Mertens is mounting a serious challenge for the jockeys’ premiership in Melbourne.

The new Kelso Wood-Patricia Gesler training partnership is up and running and aiming high with two-year-old Snitzkraft.

While most of the two-year-olds in Gerald Ryan’s stable have gone for spells there are still some with more to give this season.

Aquis Farm has extended its aggressive move into the national breeding market by standing the largest ever number of stallions at one Queensland stud next season.

Stud-bound Tivaci snapped his Group One duck to win All Aged Stakes at Randwick on Saturday.

Hooked has snapped a 19-month absence from the winner’s circle in the Victoria Handicap at Caulfield.

Champion jockey Damien Oliver will stay in Australia for now after his contract to ride in Mauritius fell through.

Gold Coast gelding Siegfried was finally able to win over his regular jockey Jeff Lloyd with his Doomben win on Saturday.

The man who took Choisir to the world has claimed a Group One win with one of his sons in the Champagne Stakes at Randwick.

Edward Cummings followed in his father’s Anthony’s footsteps by celebrating his first stakes win as a trainer when outsider Top Of My List won the Japan Racing Association Plate at Randwick.

Boom Time could have earned himself a crack at the rescheduled Sydney Cup with a front-running win in a staying race at Caulfield.