Singapore-based Ben Thompson is making a hit-and-run trip to Melbourne to partner Bel Sonic in the Oakleigh Plate at Caulfield.

Trainer Craig Cousins is confident The Great Boombino can show her winning margin of 10-1/2 lengths last start was no fluke when she runs at Eagle Farm.

Headline colt The Autumn Sun is a popular Hobartville Stakes favourite but a rival trainer is quietly confident he has the horse to cause a boilover.

Young jockey Beau Mertens will be chasing his first Group One win when he rides talented filly Brooklyn Hustle in the Blue Diamond Stakes at Caulfield.

Godolphin trainer James Cummings is set to saddle up a host of chances in feature races on Blue Diamond Stakes day.

Godolphin’s Hartnell heads the list of provisional emergencies next in line for a start in the All-Star Mile at Flemington.

Loving Gaby and Shotmaker have been given the all-clear to run in the Blue Diamond Stakes but will be re-examined on course before the race.

Smaller field sizes for races under $50,000 and more forgiving tracks will come into play for the new jumps racing season in Victoria.

Ben Currie’s stay application in the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal has heard debate about the meaning of slang terms used in his text messages.

South Australian Balf’s Choice has polled the most public votes for the All-Star Mile at Flemington with Happy Clapper receiving a wild card.

Trainer Ben Currie can resume training after getting a stay after a successful application on a suspension from a show cause hearing.

Progressive three-year-old Baller will be prepared purely as a sprinter this campaign and he is poised to show the benefit of that when he resumes at Rosehill.

Facts and figures of the Oakleigh Plate, an 1100m Group One sprint at Caulfield.

A Queensland tribunal has granted trainer Ben Currie a stay of a suspension handed down by stewards.

Training partners Ciaron Maher and David Eustace’s chances of an Oakleigh Plate win have been made difficult with Bons Away and Kemono drawing wide.

A look at the history behind Victoria’s richest two-year-old race, the Group One Blue Diamond Stakes.

The Chris Waller-trained Jaminzah and Veladero have trialled solidly before facing each other in a race at Eagle Farm.

If The Autumn Sun has any chinks in his armour at his first carnival run, trainer Paul Snowden is confident Bondi has the fitness and ability to capitalise.

Dwayne Dunn is hoping the addition of blinkers to Catch Me’s race day gear will help the filly give him a fifth Blue Diamond Stakes success.

All the facts and figures on the Group One Futurity Stakes at Caulfield.

Blue Diamond Stakes favourite Loving Gaby will need to satisfy vets she is fit to start in the $1.5 million race after showing lameness in her right foreleg.

Expensive youngster Faretti will be thrown straight in the deep end when he takes on Golden Slipper favourite Tassort at his first start in the Silver Slipper.

Trainer Kris Lees has two strong hopes in the Futurity Stakes at Caulfield with both Le Romain and Brave Smash drawing ideal barriers for their racing styles.

Trainer Chris Munce is expecting improvement from All-Star Mile contender Urban Ruler when he runs at Eagle Farm.

South Australian Balf’s Choice has been revealed as the top vote gatherer for the All Star Mile at Flemington while Happy Clapper has received a wild card..

The Pat Webster-trained Happy Clapper has been named as the first of four wild cards to compete in the $5 million All-Star Mile.

Trainer Michael Bell has been forced to call time on the career of Big Orange after his old injury flared up.

Gear changes have done their job on Sandown winner Ronan’s Rock but have not worked so well on his Lindsay Park stablemate Conqueror.

Classique Legend has made an impressive debut at Randwick to set himself up for autumn targets before his likely move to Hong Kong.

Tony McEvoy is the in-form stable posting a Sandown treble to follow a Morphettville quartet earlier in the month.