Trainer Richie Stephenson says it is a bonus to have Jeff Lloyd riding Emphasis from the tricky 1800m-start at Eagle Farm.

A thunderstorm ahead has forced stewards to abandon the Mornington twilight meeting.

Art Collection and Swan Island will line up in the Chairman’s Stakes at Caulfield chasing a third successive win in the race for Lindsay Park.

Veteran jockey Glen Colless showed he is still a good judge by driving from the Gold Coast to Ipswich to win on Bon Courage at his only ride.

Godolphin has made a key gear change to juvenile filly Avon River in a bid to help break her maiden in the Listed Widden Stakes at Rosehill.

Le Romain will resume in the Expressway Stakes at Rosehill before heading to Melbourne for a campaign targeted towards the rich All-Star Mile

Tin Hat will chase his third straight win this campaign when he steps up in grade in the Manfred Stakes against a classy field including stablemate Ranier.

Prized horse trainer Darren Weir is one of three men arrested over the suspected use of electric shock devices on racehorses.

Prominent Queensland racing identity Peter Overell has died aged 72 in Toowoomba.

Stakes-winning sprinter Bons Away will make his return at Caulfield in the Listed WJ Adams Stakes on his way to a planned tilt at the Oakleigh Plate second-up.

The Tony Gollan-trained two-year-old Garibaldi will bypass a Sydney trip and stay in Brisbane to run at Eagle Farm.

A gun and taser have been seized and three people arrested during raids by Victoria Police and Racing Victoria on the stables of horse trainer Darren Weir.

A strong barrier trial win points to Veladero returning to the form that had him rated as a top three-year-old.

Darren Weir has risen from humble beginnings as an owner-trainer to become Australia’s leading trainer.

A gun and taser have been seized and three people arrested in raids by Victoria Police and Racing Victoria raid on the stables of horse trainer Darren Weir.

A Victoria Police and Racing Victoria raid on the stables of horse trainer Darren Weir in Ballarat and Warrnambool has resulted in a number of arrests.

Bint Marscay, the winner of the 1993 Golden Slipper, has died at an equine retirement home in the United States aged 28.

A record 384 two-year-olds remain in the running for the $3.5 million Golden Slipper, the world’s richest race for two-year-olds.

The Blue Diamond Stakes at Caulfield has 105 two-year-olds still in contention after the close of third declarations.

Trainer David Payne is expecting and hoping Crown Affair has improved from his first race experience as he steps up to the Group Three Canonbury Stakes.

Victoria Derby runner-up Stars Of Carrum makes his return at Caulfield ahead of a busy Group One autumn program.

Brisbane trainer Tony Gollan has big plans for two-year-olds Garibaldi and Vincere Volare who have both trialled well at Doomben.

Nine Group One winners are among the 18 Australian horses nominated for the world’s richest race meeting in Dubai.

Quality European horses have helped boost the number of Australian races in the top 100 of the recent World Thoroughbred Rankings.

Golden Slipper winner Estijaab has dumped jockey Brenton Avdulla as she knuckled over coming out of the gates for a barrier trial at Rosehill.

Champion Winx has galloped strongly to finish third in a barrier trial at Rosehill before her final campaign.

The door is open for the $500,000 Inglis Nursery winning 2yo Accession to press his claim for the $3m Inglis Triple Crown in winning the second leg, the $2m 2019 Inglis Millennium at Warwick Farm on Saturday 9 February.

The Group Three Manfred Stakes has attracted 19 nominations including the Darren Weir-trained stablemates Extra Brut and Ringerdingding.

A step up to stakes class is on the radar for three-year-old filly Victory Kingdom after a convincing win in a 1200m-maiden at Sandown in her second start.

Etymology has claimed his third consecutive win, claiming the Australia Day Cup at Warwick Farm.