Trainer Kelly Schweida believes has found the right race at Doomben to get Oink back in the winner’s circle.

Michelle Payne is reported to have stormed out of a media function in England after telling Shergar Cup organisers she was unwell.

Mark Newnham is looking forward to watching Diamond Tathagata perform on a good track when he opens his Golden Rose campaign at Rosehill.

After winning three on the trot and his past two at Flemington, Riyadh will attempt to extend his winning sequence over 1700m.

Blue Diamond Stakes winner Catchy can’t run in both the Thousand Guineas and Caulfield Guineas but she’s still prominent in both betting markets.

Trainer Robert Heathcote rates Kubis the unluckiest horse he has trained but hopes that can change at Doomben.

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First starter Let’s Party Marty has attracted plenty of attention ahead of his debut at Doomben with a strong trial win.

Three-year-old filly Oscietra, the first foal of champion sprinter Black Caviar, will be out to break her maiden at Geelong in her second race start.

Caulfield Cup runner-up Scottish will miss the Melbourne spring carnival after being found to have a recurrence of a fetlock injury.

Virtually all the money bet on the Cox Plate with the TAB has been for dual champion Winx ($1.40) with the next best at $26.

Premier New Zealand trainers Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman are preparing a strong team for Melbourne.

Stayers Sarrasin and Tom Melbourne will make their debuts for trainer Chris Waller at Rosehill as they kick off their spring campaigns.

The Aurie’s Star Handicap will be the first race in what trainer Shane Nichols hopes will be a big spring campaign for Group One winner I Am A Star.

And There Is More will make her debut for South Coast trainer Terry Robinson in the Highway Handicap at Rosehill, a race he has claimed five times.

Dwayne Dunn has ridden Royal Symphony to three wins but will honour his commitment to Hawkes Racing if he is needed to ride Chautauqua in The Everest.

Talented sprinter Hanwritten has had an easy trial as he prepares for his comeback at Doomben.

Siege Of Quebec will take the next step towards the Golden Rose when he makes his black-type debut in the Listed Rosebud at Rosehill.

Beau Mertens will begin his 2017-18 season with four rides at Flemington on the Aurie’s Star Handicap program.

Trainer Toby Edmonds will put the stable’s Golden Rose hopefuls, Whypeeo and I Am Impinge, to the test at Doomben.

Ballina trainer Stephen Lee has made a habit of winning races in Brisbane and has a strong hand again at Doomben.

Caulfield Cup runner-up Scottish will head a strong team from Godolphin’s northern hemisphere base to visit Melbourne for the spring.

Things were also happening off track in Melbourne, largely unreported, as former Racing Victoria chairman David Moodie, going to the Supreme Court to challenge Victoria’s independent Integrity Commissioner Sal Perna’s findings.

Jockey Chad Lever remains in hospital in Newcastle after suffering facial injuries in a fall at Scone.

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If things don’t improve, The Everest will simply be a very lucrative but very humdrum Group 1 sprint, with nothing really special about it other than the prizemoney. If that happens, then the whole concept of The Everest has to be brought into question.

Apprentice Matt McGillivray’s good start to the new season has come to a stop with a suspension at Caloundra.

Racing NSW has announced prize money increases for five key NSW country features.