Marmelo has justified his 11-8 favouritism to win the Listed Grand Cup at York as he builds to another attempt at the Melbourne Cup.

A plan hatched by trainer Gerald Ryan six months ago has resulted in Magic Alibi’s victory in the Listed Gai Waterhouse Classic.

Miss Leonidas has given an indication of her class, racing away to a six-length victory in the Embassy Print Solutions Sprint at Moonee Valley.

Tough gelding I’m A Rippa has become trainer Tony Gollan’s third horse to pass $1 million in prize money by winning the Eye Liner Stakes at Ipswich.

Tradesman has given Darren Weir his first win at the Ipswich racetrack by taking the Ipswich Cup.

Chris Waller says Rosehill winner Black On Gold is typical of the bread-and-butter horses who have helped make his stable the best in Sydney.

A victory by Envy Of All at Ipswich has given Kris Lees 161-1/2 winners, which is the most he has trained in a season.

Robert Smerdon and Stuart Webb have both lodged appeals to Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal relating to their bans from the Racing Appeals and Disciplinary Board to go alongside Vasil and Birchley who had already appealed.

Triple Group One-winning filly Shoals has been selected to run for the Star Entertainment Group in the $13 million Everest.

Star jockey Tommy Berry is looking forward to his children enjoying the wide, open spaces of home after they struggled to adapt to life in Hong Kong.

Jameka is in light work at Caulfield, with trainer Ciaron Maher not ruling out the mare making a return to the races.

Classy mare Daysee Doom has trialled nicely for her one-off Queensland winter carnival assignment in the Group One Tatt’s Tiara.

Think about the difference in the way the Racing Rules have been “policed’ in Victoria, and think about the way the cobalt inquiries were handled. All of it seems to go down the track of the headmaster and the schoolboy.

Brisbane Racing Club officials will meet with trainers to discuss ways to manage the A grass at Eagle Farm after problems with barrier trials.

Jockey Ben Melham would love Santa Ana Lane to secure a slot in The Everest, believing the gelding would be hard to beat in the $13 million race.

Winning the Group One Coolmore Stud Stakes at Flemington is the major target for Blue Diamond winner Written By this spring.

Terry Bailey, Racing Victoria’s chairman of stewards, has resigned to head the stewards panel in Singapore.

With 14 metropolitan meetings remaining for the season, Damian Lane leads Craig Williams by one win at the top of the Melbourne jockeys’ premiership.

There could be a delay in the hearing involving 31 charges against trainer Ben Currie as his lawyers wait for particulars of the stewards’ case.

Invincibella has showed she’s right on track for the Group One Tatts Tiara by storming to victory in the Dane Ripper Stakes at Doomben.

Dark Dream’s win in the Queensland Derby has given Kembla Grange trainer Kerry Parker his first Group One winner after six minor placings.

Stablemates The Autumn Sun and Zousain has given champion trainer Chris Waller another Group One quinella in the JJ Atkins Plate at Doomben.

Are Victorian jockeys poorer horsemen than there interstate counterparts? Are they more reckless? Does everywhere outside Victoria have lanes that the horses have to keep to? Or is there a bias coming out in the way stewards in Victoria view the things that happen in any race?

Aquis Farm will pay the $45,000 late entry fee to put Moreton Cup winner The Monstar into the Group One Stradbroke Handicap.

The Lindsay Park team is set to have four horses in Group One races at Doomben on Stradbroke Handicap day, including Fundamentalist in the J J Atkins Plate.

Impending’s winning form on his least favoured wet tracks has the Godolphin stable confident he can win back-to-back Stradbroke Handicaps.

Epidemic has grabbed her own share of the black-type spotlight from older brother Impending by winning the Listed Helen Coughlan Stakes at Caloundra.

Egg Tart has returned to her best to score her first win in a year in the Group Two O’Shea Stakes at Caloundra.

Stewards have adjourned a running and handling inquiry into jockey Damian Browne’s ride on Fighting Teo at the Sunshine Coast.

Toowoomba trainer Ben Currie has been given a stay until five days after an internal review into his suspension which means he can resume training.