Last year’s Adelaide Cup runner-up Double Bluff has shown he is on target for another crack at the 3200m race with a win over 2400m at Caulfield.
Trainer Chris Waller has claimed both two-year-old races at Rosehill with Performer and Fiesta cementing the Golden Slipper claims.
Perilous Love has won at Doomben and given trainer Scott Morrisey a bonus after he bought her yearling half-brother this week.
Paris Rock has landed her first city success following wins at Geelong and Ballarat at her first two starts.
Lindsay Park has produced another Blue Diamond Stakes contender, with two-year-old filly Ennis Hill a dominant winner of the Chairman’s Stakes at Caulfield.
Pinch Memory has scored at his first race start, which was a consolation for missing the Magic Millions Classic.
The Chris Waller-trained Fiesta and Performer can make significant strides towards the Golden Slipper when they return from spells at Rosehill.
Trainer Chris Munce will run three-year-old Johnny Whitesox in city class at Doomben where he will meet equally promising Rancho Montoya
River Bird can showcase her Golden Slipper credentials when the Jason Coyle-trained filly runs in the Widden Stakes at Rosehill.
Half-brothers Crystal Dreamer and Crystal Spirit will chase a stakes double for Mathew Ellerton and Simon Zahra in sprint races at Caulfield.
Ennis Hill is chasing victory in the Chairman’s Stakes at Caulfield to shore up a start in the Blue Diamond Stakes.
Catanzaro has Golden Slipper form in his pedigree but trainer Edward O’Rourke feels the colt will thrive after the world’s richest race for two-year-olds.
Rain has taken the cut out of the Doomben track which which is a boost to the chances of talented sprinter Stella Ombra.
Beau Mertens is unbeaten from two rides on Snitty Kitty and will be out to snare another stakes win on the mare in the Listed W J Adams Stakes at Caulfield.
Gary Portelli has trained one Golden Slipper winner and will gauge his prospects of a second when Exceltic makes his debut at Rosehill.
Levi Kavanagh has had to scratch Kentucky Breeze from the Manfred Stakes but the trainer believes Queen’s Authority can run well in the Inglis Premier on debut.
The Tony McEvoy-trained colt Logan River will have blinkers on in a race for the first time when he resumes from a let-up in the Group Three Chairman’s Stakes.
John Wallace and Larry Cassidy will revive memories of the 1994 Melbourne Cup when they combine with Cossie at Doomben.
Trainer Craig Widdison is expecting Willi Willi to make his presence felt again when the gelding steps to 2000m at Caulfield, chasing back-to-back city wins.
Sprinter Boomwaa is getting close to his outstanding early form since being switched to trainer Ben Currie at Toowoomba.
A more relaxed So Splendid was able to show good turn of foot in taking out the United Petroleum Handicap at Sandown.
Darren Weir has continued his recent run of success in Melbourne city races landing an early treble at Sandown, including well-bred Hermanito’s maiden victory.
The decision to geld promising three-year-old Let’s Party Marty has helped David Vandyke train a winning double at Ipswich.
Trainers have sought an urgent meting with Racing Queensland officials to address problems with hard tracks being prepared for race meetings.
Three more horses have been nominated for the Group Two Expressway Stakes at Rosehill after entries were extended.
Nominations have been taken for three Flemington autumn features, the Australian Cup, the Newmarket Handicap and Australian Guineas.
Trainer Clarry Conners has two youngsters who could cement their claims for the Golden Slipper at Rosehill.
A rib injury suffered in a trackwork fall will force apprentice Tahlia Hope to miss the Sandown meeting.
The Melbourne Racing Club has moved one of the upcoming midweek twilight meetings from Sandown to Caulfield.
Apprentice Lachlan King, son of former champion jockey Steven King, is set to make his metropolitan debut in Melbourne with five rides at Sandown.
