Nordic Empire will be chasing his fourth win of the season when he runs in a 1200m benchmark race at Flemington.

Firstly, the allowable level of cobalt is quite arbitrary. No one in any racing administration has bothered to justify the cobalt limit. Is it at the “right” level or not?

New Zealand Group One winner Melody Belle is on track for the new season after a disappointing three-year-old year.

After wins at Canterbury and Rosehill at his past two starts, four-year-old Coonawarra will try to continue his winning run at Randwick.

The race meeting at Pakenham has been abandoned after one race because of strong winds.

Trainer Tony McEvoy has elected to remove the blinkers from Sasko despite the stayer wearing the headgear to victory at his past two starts.

Trainer Hughie Morrison says Melbourne Cup contender Marmelo may have one more run before heading to Australia.

Popular stallion Hinchinbrook has died after breaking a leg at the age of 10.

Victorian training partners Lee and Shannon Hope are appealing their cobalt bans, arguing there was an inadvertent administration through feed and supplements.

The Rising Stars series for apprentice jockeys in Victoria will culminate in the series Final at Flemington.

Veteran Central Coast trainer Fred Cowell has died after a long illness aged 78.

The Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott stable has sent two-year-old Fun Fact south to Melbourne to chase a Victoria Derby ballot exemption in the Byerley Handicap.

After two stints in Hong Kong and one in New Zealand, Jetwings has made his way back to the Gerald Ryan stable in Sydney.

Trainer Tony Gollan and Jeff Lloyd will combine with Sheiswhatsheis in the final stakes race of the Queensland season at Doomben.

After a gripping battle with Joao Moreira, Australian jockey Zac Purton has clinched the Hong Kong jockeys’ premiership.

Lee and Shannon Hope’s appeal over their cobalt disqualifications is going ahead despite them pleading guilty to a lesser administration charge.

Derby winner Masar will not run again this season but has been given the green light to stay in training as a four-year-old.

Ex-pat Australian Zac Purton has won the Hong Kong jockeys’ championship, taking an unassailable four-win lead with three races remaining at the season finale.

Chautauqaua’s little sister Mulberry Walk has flopped on debut at Hawkesbury, finishing last as odds-one favourite.

In-form jockey Skye Bogenhuber has ridden a winner for the Chris Waller stable at her first ride for Sydney’s premier trainer.

Group Three winner Fiesta has replaced Foxplay as Winx’s next door neighbour and will begin her spring campaign on the same day at Randwick.

Chautauqua is scheduled to head back to Sydney ahead of another all-important barrier test in a trial at Rosehill.

Kris Lees’ Queensland stable representative Mel Eggleston will recommend tough mare Princess Posh head to the Tatt’s Mile at Doomben.

Mick Price says Group One winner Grunt has made a huge physical progression since the autumn in preparation for the spring carnival.

Toowoomba trainer Ben Currie has trained a record number of winners but has also lost an appeal against a fine.

Coolmore’s US Navy Flag has set himself up for the $13 million Everest in Sydney with his win in the July Cup at Newmarket.

A narrow win in the final race on the Caulfield program aboard Malaise has kept Craig Williams 11 wins in front in the Melbourne jockeys’ premiership.

Hugh Bowman has made an immediate mark on his return to Saturday racing at Rosehill with a winning double.

Dual Group One-placed sprinter Voodoo Lad has shown his class, storming home from last to win the Group Three Sir John Monash Stakes at Caulfield.

The disappointment of Dreamforce’s last-start second has been erased with his victory in the Listed Winter Stakes at Rosehill.