The Victoria Racing Club expects to increase the prize money for the Melbourne Cup and has signed a new principal sponsor.

Eight races at Hawkesbury but its a dangerous day for punters as the day is filled with short-priced favouroutes.
Tread carefully as it could be a tricky day.

The Seoul 37th Asian Racing Conference opens on Sunday 13 May at Seoul Racecourse with the ARF Commemorative Race being run alongside the nation’s principal classic event the 21st Korean Derby of 1800m for 3YOs, the second leg of the Triple Crown.

Luxury car brand Lexus will fill the void left by airline Emirates and sponsor the Melbourne Cup.

Sprinter Miss Vista, whose distinctive white markings made her a crowd favourite, has been euthanised because of ongoing feet problems.

A record number of nominations have been taken for The Championships including 181 entries for the Doncaster Mile and 121 for the Queen Elizabeth Stakes.

Sydney trainer Marc Conners will test Super Too against some of the country’s best sprinters in the Group One Lightning Stakes over 1000m at Flemington.

Deploy will not run in the Apollo Stakes with trainer Gerald Ryan keeping the Randwick 1200m-record holder to that distance in the Southern Cross Stakes.

Seven Group One winners, headlined by Redzel, feature among the 13 initial nominations for the weight-for-age Lightning Stakes at Flemington.

The Robert Heathcote-trained youngster Only Wanna Sing has won a trial ahead of a proposed Golden Slipper campaign.

Riders have been locked in for some of the leading Blue Diamond Stakes contenders including favourite Kinky Boom who will have Craig Williams aboard.

Oppressive conditions in Queensland have forced racing officials to re-program a meeting at Ipswich.

Victorian jockey Dwayne Dunn has had a successful trip to Newcastle to ride Group One-bound colt Outrageous.

Kathy O’Hara has taken confidence from Single Gaze’s return in the C F Orr Stakes over 1400m, with a view to the rest of her campaign.

Vinland will be out to replicate his stablemate Hey Doc when he chases victory in the C S Hayes Stakes at Flemington.

Trainer Matt Dunn is building his team for the NSW Country Championship including Doomben winner Snitz.

With Winx an absentee from the Apollo Stakes, her stablemate Foxplay will make her return in the Group Two race at Randwick.

Criminal charges against trainer Brad Smith have been dropped but he faces a hearing into some alleged racing industry offences.

Trainer Robbie Laing is hoping Missrock can add to her first-up record when she runs in the Lightning Stakes at Flemington.

Royal Witness has a second and final chance to prove he deserves to be Randwick trainer John Sargent’s first Golden Slipper runner after a disappointing debut.

Brisbane’s apprentice ranks have been further boosted with star country apprentice Quayde Krogh joining the Chris Munce stable.

Racing Victoria stewards have suspended jockeys Damian Lane and John Allen at Caulfield.

After a disappointing spring, Prussian Vixen has returned to form first-up from a spell to win the Bellmaine Stakes for a second time.

Durable gelding Show A Star has given trainer Bjorn Baker a welcome victory on his home track at Warwick Farm.

Declan McDonogh has capped his riding stint in Sydney with an appearance before Racing NSW stewards.

The Mick Price-trained Holy Snow has finished strongly in his return from a spell to win the Group Two Autumn Stakes at Caulfield.

Prompt Response has made a winning return to racing in the Group Two Breeders Classic at Warwick Farm.

Gun Godolphin colt Kementari has provided another reminder of his class with a dominant win in the Eskimo Prince Stakes at Warwick Farm.

Godolphin’s decision to test the water during the Brisbane summer has given the international stable a winner at Doomben.

Hartnell has won the C F Orr Stakes, the first Group One race of the Melbourne autumn carnival.