Victoria Racing Club chair Amanda Elliott is hoping for a crowd of around 25,000 at Flemington for Turnbull Stakes day which will feature champion Winx.

The annual Gold Coast metropolitan meeting in March will receive a boost in bonus payments and prize money.

Punters ended up hating it just as much as trainers and jockeys and finally after every avenue was exhausted the Australian Turf Club make the decision to rebuild the Kensington track at Randwick. This morning the turf started hitting the ground.

Winx has drawn barrier two and will have six opponents in the Group One Turnbull Stakes when she races at Flemington for the first time.

Gloaming Stakes winner Ace High heads a field of 10 for the Group One Spring Champion Stakes at Randwick.

New Zealand trainer John Wheeler is happy with Pentathlon’s lead-up to his second Melbourne Cup campaign.

Shane ” The Money Man” Ciurleo has the full Doomben card covered with his full preview, best bet and strategy for every race.

Snowy Clark has the full card covered for Geelong today with his full preview, best bets and strategy to attack every race.

Trainer Aidan O’Brien has outlined targets for some of his stable stars as he chases Bobby Frankel’s record of 25 Group One victories in a calendar year.

Trainer Ron Quinton will appear before Racing NSW stewards over high cobalt levels detected in two of his horses.

Sydney racing hosts an eight race card at Canterbury and our main man Richie thinks he’s got the best way for us punters to attack covered. Check them out and see if you agree with the inform judge.

So unless I test my horses for cobalt, I haven’t a clue whether my horses are over the limit set by the stewards.

A stakes race in Melbourne or one for mares in Sydney are the options trainer Robert Smerdon has for Lovani.

Melbourne trainer Stuart Webb is hoping Coral Coast can become the second filly to win the Spring Champion Stakes at Randwick.

The Turnbull Stakes at Flemington is the ideal stepping stone towards the Caulfield Cup for the Lindsay Park-trained Ventura Storm.

A superficial knock on the flight from England to Melbourne has not hampered Francis Of Assisi’s spring carnival condition, a Godolphin representative says.

A jump-out at Caulfield has Lankan Rupee ready for a return to racing in the Schillaci Stakes on Caulfield Guineas day.

Fred Skerbic rejuvenates horses that appear as if their races have been run with with Canterbury runner Fire And Flood among those given a new lease of life.

Craig Williams has galloped Admire Deus for the second time at Werribee as the Japanese-bred stayer prepares for the Caulfield and Melbourne Cups.

Corey Brown is delighted to have secured the ride for $10 million Everest favourite She Will Reign after fearing he might miss the world’s richest race on turf.

The weather in New Zealand will determine whether Volkstok’n’barrell runs in the Livamol Classic at Hastings or travels to Sydney for the Craven Plate.

Brave Smash has secured the ATC slot for the inaugural running of the Everest. Could he be the quiet achiever in the race?

Leading Melbourne Cup contender, Japanese stayer Admire Deus, will be given a work-out at the Werribee quarantine centre with Craig Williams aboard.

Following his win in The Metropolitan at Randwick, the Lloyd Williams-owned Foundry has been penalised 1kg for the Caulfield and Melbourne Cups.

With regular riders in Sydney for The Everest, Lindsay Park has booked Mark Zahra for the ride on Catchy in the Caulfield Guineas.

Trainer John O’Shea has celebrated his first Sydney winner since departing Godolphin with Kaepernick sprinting to victory at Warwick Farm.

Jockey Jarrod Lorenseni has been cleared of serious injury and discharged from hospital following a fall at Echuca.

The David Payne-trained Ace High is the early favourite to add the Group One Spring Champion Stakes to his Gloaming Stakes win.

Ciaron Maher begins a six-month suspension having trained a winner at Echuca with his last runner.

In-form mares Daysee Doom and Dixie Blossoms will renew their rivalry in the Angst Stakes at Randwick after they finished one-two in the Golden Pendant.