New Zealander Te Akau Shark, the Epsom Handicap favourite, will have a race day gallop at Canterbury with James McDonald aboard.

The Group One Moir Stakes at The Valley has attracted 18 nominations including Sunlight, Nature Strip, The Bostonian, Trekking and Booker.

The Moir Stakes in Melbourne has been added to the spring program of Everest contender Sunlight after the mare was scratched from The Shorts in Sydney.

Brimham Rocks has not been given a penalty for the Caulfield or Melbourne Cups for his Naturalism Stakes win which earned him a Caulfield Cup ballot exemption.

Caulfield Cup favourite Mr Quickie has been given a look around The Valley in a gallop, with the Cox Plate at the track among his options this spring.

Godolphin has taken out the first of the official two-year-old barrier trials at Randwick with Lonhro colt Beyliks.

Queensland Oaks winner Winning Ways has been crowned the state’s Horse of the Year foe 2018/19.

A wet track for The Shorts at Randwick has prompted connections of Santa Ana Lane to go to plan B for the star sprinter’s Everest preparation.

Some high profile racing figures have been elected to the committee of the Kilcoy Club which hopes to gain more TAB meetings.

Yao Dash is likely to have his third career start at Group One level in the $1 million Golden Rose at Rosehill.

The Chosen One could give veteran New Zealand trainer Murray Baker his fifth Underwood Stakes win at Caulfield and co-trainer Andrew Forsman his second.

Trainer Danny O’Brien is starting to see dividends from his three-year-olds as they are geared towards the spring carnival.

Brisbane will host a set of official barrier trials for two-year-olds at Eagle Farm.

Brisbane trainer Barry Baldwin will consider Sydney options for The Candy Man who is unlikely to make the Epsom Handicap field.

Stephen Brown Jr remains in the intensive care unit in Melbourne hospital after a fall at Wangaratta in a jump-out

NZ champion Melody Belle has claimed her eighth Group One win and is still in the mix for the Cox Plate after she runs in the Livamol Classic.

Jockey Pat Smullen says he is overwhelmed by the response to his fund-raising efforts for cancer research which realied 2.5 million Euros.

Talented mare Sweet Scandal has given premier trainer Chris Waller four winners on the Randwick program.

Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young have discovered the secret to I Am Eloquent who has taken out the Jim Moloney Stakes at Caulfield.

Finche, fourth in last year’s Melbourne Cup, has signalled he is on target to do better this time around with victory In the Kingston Town Stakes.

A change to the Asian Tour dates for international singing superstar Taylor Swift has forced her to pull out of her Melbourne Cup day gig at Flemington.

Looks Like Elvis has scored another impressive win at Eagle Farm and will now head south for the spring carnivals.

Victory in the MRC Foundation Cup has given the Chris Waller-trained imported galloper Brimham Rocks a start in the Caulfield Cup.

Pierata is now favourite for the $14 million Everest after a tough win in The Shorts at Randwick.

Begood Toya Mother has taken out the Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes, beating Age Of Chivalry and Widgee Turf in the Group One race.

Kolding has nailed Fierce Impact in a head-bobbing finish to win the Group Three Bill Ritchie Handicap at Randwick

Sydney jockey Rachel King has claimed her first Caulfield winner in her first ride at the Melbourne racetrack aboard Manicure in the How Now Stakes.

Avilius has won the George Main Stakes, beating Dreamforce and Happy Clapper in the Group One race over 1600m at Randwick.

Funstar has caused a minor upset in the Group Two Tea Rose Stakes, beating Probabeel and Libertini in a photo finish.

Fabric will be given her chance at stakes level after her comprehensive Caulfield win in the Fight Cancer Foundation Handicap.