Microphone has added his name to the Godolphin team for the $3.5 million Golden Slipper with his qualifying win in the Skyline Stakes at Randwick.

Jockey Blake Shinn has taken out the opening two races at Randwick, rounding out his double with victory on talented stayer Goathland.

Trainer Brent Stanley hopes a win in the Shaftesbury Avenue Handicap at Flemington can earn Violate a wild card into the All-Star Mile.

Reiby The Red has revived memories of top Queensland sprinter Consular with a win over 1600m in the Lazy Yak Plate at Doomben.

Mr Quickie is South Australian Derby bound after returning with a first-up win in the Seppelt Wines Plate at Flemington.

The Mick Price-trained She’s So High has made a successful return to racing with a Listed race win at Flemington ahead of Sydney autumn carnival targets.

Schabau will be spelled for a tilt at the Melbourne Cup after scoring a first stakes race win in the Roy Higgins Quality at Flemington.

John McArdle-trained two-year-old filly Mockery has shown speed and tenacity to land a narrow win in a Listed race at Flemington.

Nobu will bid to give champion trainer Chris Waller a first Group One win in his home country in the New Zealand Derby.

David Hayes expects luck in running to play a part but believes all three stable runners can perform strongly in the Australian Guineas at Flemington.

Winx’s closest neighbour Fiesta will try to win her first Group One race in the Surround shortly after the champion bids for No.23.

Jockey Michael Walker expects a middle barrier will allow Extra Brut to show his class in the Australian Guineas at Flemington.

Queensland stewards have announced the dates for two inquiries into charges levelled against Toowoomba trainer Ben Currie.

Trainer Tony McEvoy will have two chances in the Group Two Blamey Stakes, with Orr Stakes winner Manuel to be joined by Flemington specialist Bring Me Roses.

Trainer Mick Price is chasing a Group One fillies and mares campaign with Seabrook who is set for a first-up tilt in the Surround Stakes at Randwick.

While a host of runners from the C S Hayes Stakes will clash in the Australian Guineas, Age Of Chivalry will instead take aim in a lesser race on the same day.

Star Tasmanian filly Mystic Journey has arrived in Melbourne ready for her biggest assignment yet in the Group One Australian Guineas at Flemington.

Connections of lightly raced juvenile Super Oasis will rely on a proven template in their quest to get the filly into the Slipper via the Sweet Embrace Stakes.

Strong last-start winner Rabbit Hunter gets his chance in better company at Doomben.

Viddora is set to travel to Dubai for the World Cup meeting after recently receiving the last of her travel inoculations.

Verry Elleegant has been scratched from the Australian Guineas after she was found to have an elevated temperature on race eve.

Trainer Richie Stephenson is confident Emphasis can handle a big hike in weight in the Tattersall’s Members Cup at Doomben.

William Pike and Barend Vorster have ridden Graff and Sunlight respectively in a jump-out at Flemington with the sprinters headed to the Newmarket Handicap.

The Charlie Appleby-trained Meydan Group Three winner Ispolini will stay in Dubai for the Gold Cup instead of coming to Australia for the Sydney Cup.

The responsibility of training in his own right came quicker than Richard Litt had planned but he is making the most of his opportunities.

A look at the history of the Group One Australian Guineas, run at Flemington.

A Randwick Guineas start isn’t off the table for Gem Song, although his trainer admits an interrupted preparation has made the task harder.

A first-up run over 1400m at Flemington will kick-start Mr Quickie’s South Australian Derby preparation.

Kevin Kemp believes Mr Marbellouz can win at Doomben ahead of a bid to give the trainer a fifth victory in the Weetwood Handicap.

Trainer Mike Moroney believes Chapada has the class to figure in the Australian Guineas but is disappointed with a wide barrier draw for the Derby placegetter.