Cox Plate winner Lys Gracieux has been honoured with Japan’s highest award, Horse of the Year, in an almost unanimous vote.

Revitalised mare Luvaluva gets the chance to add another stakes win to her record in the Listed January Cup at Randwick.

Having placed in four of her first nine starts, three-year-old filly Namimo has broken through for a maiden win at Sandown.

Racing Queensland has joined other racing bodies in donating $15,000 for bushfire victims.

Second acceptances have been taken for next month’s Group One Blue Diamond Stakes with 273 two-year-olds still in the entries for the $1.5 million race.

Bumper Blast will be out to continue a rise through the grades when he makes his first stakes race appearance in a Listed race at Flemington.

The Ciaron Maher-David Eustace stable is hoping the Gold Coast’s reputation as a track where barriers are irrelevant holds for their Magic Millions runners.

For the first time, the trifecta from the Magic Millions 2YO Classic will back-up in the 3YO Guineas at the Gold Coast.

Apprentice Stephanie Thornton is staying busy and focused as she prepares to ride Gotta Kiss in the Magic Millions 2YO Classic.

Racing at Canberra has been called off because of smoke haze and poor air quality.

This year’s annual National Jockeys Trust T20 cricket match will raise funds for animal welfare organisations in several Australian states.

Trainer Aaron Purcell believes Guizot is in for a good preparation, with the Chester Manifold Stakes likely to be his next assignment at Flemington.

The Matthew Smith-trained Aqua D’ivina will be tried for the second time over 2000 metres when she runs in the January Cup at Randwick.

Suspended trainer Jarrod McLean has been linked to a police investigation into an incident involving death threats and damage to property.

Jye McNeil has ridden three winners from the first two metropolitan meetings in Melbourne this year and hopes to add to the tally at Sandown.

After watching some of his horses perform below expectations at Echuca, trainer Mitchell Beer says he has underestimated the toll smoke haze has taken.

After a rocky start to his campaign, Wisdom Of Water has drawn well to give the Edmonds training partnership a chance for a second Magic Millions 2Y0 Classic.

The Peter and Paul Snowden-trained Aim is steady as favourite for the Magic Millions 2YO Classic after drawing barrier two.

British champion Oisin Murphy has ridden six winners at the Nakayama race meeting as he continues his winning association with Japan.

Two upcoming meetings scheduled for Kilmore have been transferred, with racing now scheduled to return to the course in early February.

Trainer John Sargent will extend Luvaluva’s summer campaign with the mare to line up in the January Cup at Randwick.

After a riding stint in Hong Kong, Group One-winning jockey Regan Bayliss is back in Melbourne ready to make his return to the Victorian racing scene.

Last-start Flemington winner Alburq will be tried over 1400m for the first time when he chases back-to-back city wins on his home track.

A race meeting scheduled for Stony Creek has been postponed by 48 hours because of poor air quality in the area.

Randwick will host a special race day to raise funds to assist those affected by NSW bushfires in a joint ATC/Racing NSW event.

The Anthony Freedman stable has announced its nominations for this year’s All-Star Mile including Caulfield Guineas winner Super Seth.

Former Australian stallion Churchill Downs is among horses stolen in a reported armed raid on Libya’s biggest stud.

Beauty Legacy, who raced as Hawkshot in Australia and finished second in the Australian Guineas, has won his Hong Kong debut at Sha Tin.

The two $2 million Magic Millions races at the Gold Coast, the 2YO Classic and the Guineas, have attracted full fields of 16 plus emergencies.

The Victoria Racing Club will donate gate takings from two upcoming meetings at Flemington to a bushfire disaster appeal.