Racehorse trainers say they take care to ensure horses have good homes when they leave stables but the system needs to be tightened up.

First emergency Sound has gained a start in the Caulfield Cup and the import’s trainer Mike Moroney believes the stayer can spring a surprise.

Mr Quickie will be out to bounce back from a disappointing last-start performance when he runs as one of the leading contenders in the $5 million Caulfield Cup.

Racing regulators say they are horrified by alleged abuse and slaughter of retired thoroughbreds and have called for a national register of horses.

Victroia Police acted lawfully when it gave racing authorities evidence from a raid on Victorian trainer Jarrod McLean’s stables, a judge has ruled.

Veteran Tisani Tomso and apprentice Adin Thompson can reach milestones if they can combine to win at Eagle Farm.

With Nature Strip at Randwick for The Everest, Miss Leonidas has been set a slightly easier task in the Group Two Caulfield Sprint.

Visiting jockey Pat Cosgrave will try to win the Caulfield Cup for the second time in as many years after picking up the ride on English stayer Red Verdon.

Noble Boy is the second favourite in Randwick’s $1.3 million Kosciuszko for country-trained horses, with Queanbeyan trainer Todd Blowes pinching himself.

Keen to make hay while the sun shines, John Sargent will give in-form filly Aesop’s Fable a chance at stakes success at Randwick.

The Phillip Stokes-trained Miroku will be tried at stakes level and 2000m for the first time in the Caulfield Classic after a last-start Mornington win.

New Zealand four-year-old Crown Prosecutor has been scratched from the Caulfield Cup because of a leg issue, with first emergency Sound now gaining a start.

Trainer Les Bridge will team up with the daughter of one of his great rivals when he chases an Everest win with Classique Legend.

Lightly raced Ballarat-trained filly Gamay will put her VRC Oaks credentials on the line in the Group Three Ethereal Stakes at Caulfield.

Samadoubt has been in the form of his career this spring, a trend his trainer and jockey believe can continue in the Craven Plate at Randwick.

Co-trainer Trent Busuttin admits he is a little on edge ahead of the Caulfield Cup in which he will saddle up Mirage Dancer with partner Natalie Young.

Trainer Jarrod McLean has lost his Supreme Court case against Racing Victoria, after claiming police unlawfully gave the industry body evidence from a raid.

Peter V’landys says the Queensland government must step in to punish perpetrators filmed torturing horses.

Warwick Farm trainer Gary Portelli has again turned to Brisbane as he chases a suitable race for veteran Testashadow at Eagle Farm.

Gold Coast trainer Garry Newham has won the Wayne Wilson Medal for outstanding performance by a Queensland trainer last season.

The Thoroughbred Breeders Association has condemned ill treatment and slaughter of retired racehorses and says more transparency is needed.

The $1.3 Kosciuszko, for horses trained in country NSW, will be run for the second time at Randwick.

Racing Victoria veterinarians will re-examine Caulfield Cup acceptor Crown Prosecutor after finding the stayer lame in a foreleg.

History-maker Michelle Payne will record another first when she has her debut NSW runner as a jockey and trainer.

The $14 million Everest, dubbed the world’s richest race on turf, will run over 1200m at Randwick.

Promising filly Miami Bound will take on the colts and geldings in the Caulfield Classic on a path towards her main spring target, the VRC Oaks.

Tulloch Lodge two-year-old Postcode will have race experience on his side when he chases his first win in the Victory Vein Stakes.

A French import trained in Victoria will bid to use Sydney’s St Leger Stakes as a possible stepping stone towards the Melbourne Cup.

Wolfe has not been given a Melbourne Cup weight penalty for his win in the Coongy Cup and remains on 50kg and down the order of entry at 57th.

Presently will press her claims for a potential start in the VRC Oaks when she runs in the Group Three Ethereal Stakes at Caulfield.