Winx is ready for her 20th win when she lines up for the George Main Stakes at Royal Randwick on Saturday.

Daniel Stackhouse will start an eight-meeting suspension incurred at Mornington after he rides at the Makybe Diva Stakes meeting at Flemington.

Melbourne Cup winner Almandin is entered to have his second start this spring in a Listed 2500m race at Flemington.

Savile Row, a three-time Group One placegetter in New Zealand, makes his Australian debut in the Group Two Bobbie Lewis Quality at Flemington.

Adrian Bott would welcome a repeat of Red Excitement’s tearaway tactics to unsettle Winx in the Chelmsford Stakes when Ecuador clashes with the mighty mare.

Tasmanian-trained Miss Hissy has won at Mornington at triple=figure odds after setting up a big mid-race lead.

Rosehill trainer Gary Moore says it will be difficult for Takedown to make it back-to-back wins in The Shorts.

Moruya trainer Thomas Lyttle has a crack at a Highway Handicap with Classic Conquest for the first time since Gatto Mondo refused to race at Rosehill.

Godolphin’s Hartnell is an odds-on favourite to defeat a quality Makybe Diva Stakes field which includes 10 other Group One winners.

With A Promise will be at the crossroads of her career when she races at Doomben.

A quality field of 12 runners has been assembled for the Group One Makybe Diva Stakes at Flemington.

Winx will have eight rivals in the Group One George Main Stakes at Ramdwick.

Champion Winx headlines 79 first acceptors for the Cox Plate, with 10 northern hemisphere-trained horses still in the mix.

Le Romain has already won a Group One race at Flemington and will attempt to add another when he runs in the weight-for-age Makybe Diva Stakes.

Racing Victoria has announced the winner of the Caulfield Cup will not be penalised for the Melbourne Cup if it already has 56kg or more.

Order Of St George has been given top weight of 58kg for the Melbourne Cup with defending title holder Almandin on 56.5kg.

Chris Meagher will have his first runner as a trainer when Comacini competes in a benchmark race at Mornington.

Dual Irish St Leger winner Order Of St George has been given top weight of 58kg in the Melbourne Cup while Hartnell is the Caulfield Cup topweight with 58kg.

The Kelvin Bourke-trained Can’t Refuse has returned a positive test to an anti-inflammatory in a pre-race test at Sandown.

Racing Victoria stewards have completed a review of the start of a race at Geelong that resulted in the favourite being restrained out of the event.

Redzel is the early favourite for the Group Two Shorts at Randwick where he can press his claims for a slot in the $10 million Everest.

A holidaying Craig Williams has given a glowing report on Melbourne Cup-bound Admire Deus after riding him in a gallop in Japan.

Race day outings to Caulfield and Moonee Valley for gallops have Royal Symphony ready for his spring return in the Exford Plate at Flemington.

Winx will face a similar field in the George Main Stakes to the one she beat in the Chelmsford Stakes including Red Excitement who almost pinched the race.

Trainer Aidan O’Brien is favouring a second tilt at the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe with Order Of St George rather than the Melbourne Cup.

Richie looks at who has put their hand up for the Everest & Golden Rose, that protest, TV audience & who is hogging the headlines

Dual Oaks winner Bonneval has dominated the New Zealand Horse of the Year awards.

Australian Hall of Fame trainer Lee Freedman has celebrated the first winner from his new stable in Singapore.

Irish colt Caravaggio is still uncertain to travel to Australia for The Everest despite winning a Group Two sprint at the Curragh.

Talented filly Booker could take on the males again as she tries to improve on her last-start second when she runs in the Group Two Danehill Stakes.