A record number of nominations have been taken for The Championships including 181 entries for the Doncaster Mile and 121 for the Queen Elizabeth Stakes.

Deploy will not run in the Apollo Stakes with trainer Gerald Ryan keeping the Randwick 1200m-record holder to that distance in the Southern Cross Stakes.

Seven Group One winners, headlined by Redzel, feature among the 13 initial nominations for the weight-for-age Lightning Stakes at Flemington.

Riders have been locked in for some of the leading Blue Diamond Stakes contenders including favourite Kinky Boom who will have Craig Williams aboard.

Victorian jockey Dwayne Dunn has had a successful trip to Newcastle to ride Group One-bound colt Outrageous.

Kathy O’Hara has taken confidence from Single Gaze’s return in the C F Orr Stakes over 1400m, with a view to the rest of her campaign.

Vinland will be out to replicate his stablemate Hey Doc when he chases victory in the C S Hayes Stakes at Flemington.

With Winx an absentee from the Apollo Stakes, her stablemate Foxplay will make her return in the Group Two race at Randwick.

Criminal charges against trainer Brad Smith have been dropped but he faces a hearing into some alleged racing industry offences.

Durable gelding Show A Star has given trainer Bjorn Baker a welcome victory on his home track at Warwick Farm.

Declan McDonogh has capped his riding stint in Sydney with an appearance before Racing NSW stewards.

The Mick Price-trained Holy Snow has finished strongly in his return from a spell to win the Group Two Autumn Stakes at Caulfield.

Gun Godolphin colt Kementari has provided another reminder of his class with a dominant win in the Eskimo Prince Stakes at Warwick Farm.

Godolphin’s decision to test the water during the Brisbane summer has given the international stable a winner at Doomben.

Hartnell has won the C F Orr Stakes, the first Group One race of the Melbourne autumn carnival.

A bigger and stronger Super Cash will now be aimed for a Group One sprint in Adelaide following her first-up win in the Rubiton Stakes at Caulfield.

The Mathew Ellerton and Simon Zahra-trained filly Booker has made an impressive return to win the Kevin Hayes Stakes ahead of a possible Oakleigh Plate tilt.

Star Boy has won the Highway Handicap at Warwick Farm, but a Country Championships start is up in the air.

Trainer Matt Dunn hopes to qualify Snitz for the Country Championship Final at Randwick after the gelding’s winning return at Doomben.

Gailo Chop is on taget for the Australian Cup at Flemington following his first-up win in the Carlyon Cup at Caulfield.

Golden Slipper winner She Will Reign has passed the first test on her way to a Group One campaign with victory in the Inglis Sprint at Warwick Farm.

The Grahame Begg-trained colt Written By has moved to third favourite for the Blue Diamond Stakes with his victory in the colts and geldings Prelude.

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Enbihaar has enhanced Lindsay Park’s Blue Diamond contingent with a hard-fought win in the fillies Prelude at Caulfield.

Sandbar has stamped his Golden Slipper claims by winning the Lonhro Plate at Warwick Farm to give trainer Brad Widdup a first stakes win.

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Jockey Luke Currie is confident Oohood will be hard to beat in the Blue Diamond Fillies Prelude after a luckless third in the Preview.

The Gary POrtelli-trained Single Bullet can forget a stud career if he is unable to halt a sequence of near misses and record his second career win.

Black Heart Bart is out of the C F Orr Stakes at Caulfield but a field of 13 remains, headlined by Group One stars Tosen Stardom and Hartnell.