Yaba Dabl Dooya has given Beaudesert trainer Kenneth Deacon a great start to the day at Caloundra with a win in the Savills Handicap.

Trainer Ciaron Maher has suffered a broken femur in a fall from multiple Group One winner Jameka at trackwork.

Champion sprinter Chautauqua has jumped cleanly from the barrier in a Flemington jump-out to pass the first of two required tests to be reinstated to race.

Spieth is a coup for savvy breeders who understand the value of raw speed and have reaped the rewards when backing stallions whose profiles are very similar to Spieth

Sir Bacchus gets his chance for a stakes win after gaining a start in the Listed Winter Stakes with the scratching of Widgee Turf.

Brisbane horse Havasay has won Grafton’s feature sprint, the Ramornie Handicap, from Belflyer and Tyzone.

Toowoomba trainer Ben Currie’s inquiry into race day treatment charges will resume next month.

Tommy Berry will make a round trip from Hong Kong to Melbourne and back to ride Chautauqua in an important barrier test at Flemington.

Why didn’t the ABC pick up on an interview with Terry Bailey in which he made it very clear that he had absolutely no regrets about the turbulent times he presided over? Special person, Terry

Blue Point, winner of the King’s Stand Stakes, is the favourite for the July Cup at Newmarket with Australian Redkirk Warrior a 10-1 chance.

A deal between the Australian Turf Club and AFL could result in a football training oval being built in the middle of Randwick Racecourse.

Group One winner Kementari has cruised around in a Rosehill barrier trial as he continues preparations towards a planned return to racing in the Missile Stakes.

Nature Strip is scheduled to have his next start in the weight-for-age Bletchingly Stakes with connections hoping a win will help secure an Everest slot.

Champion Winx is not far off a public appearance in a barrier trial ahead of a campaign aimed at a fourth Cox Plate.

Godolphin has announced it will take up the invitation to run Benbatl against Winx in the Cox Plate.

Kathy O’Hara has been fined for swearing at stewards after being questioned over an incident in a race at Randwick.

Short-priced favourite Nature Strip has claimed his first stakes win with a 1-1/2 length victory in the Listed AR Creswick Series Final at Flemington.

Two-year-old colt Good ‘n’ Fast has capped his first preparation with a win in the Taj Rossi Series Final at Flemington and will now be aimed at the spring.

Newcastle trainer Kris Lees will increase his presence in Brisbane after a double at Doomben on Saturday.

Darren Weir has broken his own Australian record for most wins by a trainer in a season.

Mintha has answered a distance doubt at 1600m with a comfortable win as favourite in the Rivette Series Final at Flemington.

The Australian Turf Cub has appointed current SCG chief executive Jamie Barkley to the corresponding position.

Australia’s premier two-year-old races, the Golden Slipper and Blue Diamond Stakes, have attracted record first nominations.

Triple Group One winner Santa Ana Lane is the seventh horse confirmed for The Everest, with the sprinter securing the Inglis slot in the $13 million race.

It just keeps happening. Yet again, at Caulfield last Saturday, we had the unedifying spectacle of a senior jockey being treated like a schoolboy by the Chief Steward, and the jockey reacting with a verbal spray.

Frankie Dettori has has announced he will no longer be the retained rider in Britain for Al Shaqab Racing.

Harry Angel could yet defend his crown in the July Cup at Newmarket after making a swift recovery from the injury he suffered at Royal Ascot.

Magic Consol is yet to win at Flemington but trainer Paul Preusker hopes the last-start Moonee Valley winner can rectify that in the Winter Championship Final.

Boom sprinter Nature Strip is among the headline nominations for the Flemington Finals day meeting with the gelding set to contest the Creswick Series Final.

Racing Queensland is looking at changing the rules for horses running in rich stayers and sprinters finals series.