The Tony McEvoy-trained Pretty Brazen is one of two fillies aiming to become the first since 2005 to win the Group Two Sandown Guineas.

Bon Amis has recovered from a minor setback as Newcastle trainer Jason Deamer primes his local hope for the inaugural $1 million Hunter.

The Grahame Begg-trained mare Miss Siska will be tried over 2400m in the Zipping Classic at Sandown, a week after her second in the Matriarch Stakes.

Trainer Tony Gollan believes he has come up with the correct ingredients for Capital Connection to make a winning Open company debut.

Racing Queensland is monitoring bushfires on the Sunshine Coast but at this stage there is no danger to the Corbould Park meeting.

Fan favourite Happy Clapper will miss the $1 million The Gong after contracting a virus.

Waldgeist, winner of the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe, has been retired and will stand at Ballylinch Stud in Ireland.

Lightly raced filly Affair To Remember is the early favourite to claim her first stakes win in the Group Two Sandown Guineas.

Madison County,a dual Group One winner in New Zealand, is to do his future racing in the United States.

Trainer Tony McEvoy says there are plenty of options for Sunlight in the new year with the mare having a spell after her second in the Golden Eagle.

Southern France, unplaced in the Melbourne Cup in his first Australian start, could run in the Zipping Classic after being a late nomination.

Triple Group One winner Le Romain will spearhead a big team of horses for trainer Kris Lees on his home track of Newcastle featuring the $1 million The Hunter.

Dual Group One winner Hey Doc is scheduled to make his long-awaited return to racing in the Kevin Heffernan Stakes at Sandown.

Queensland trainer Toby Edmonds appears to have escaped serious injury after being knocked out by a runaway horse in a trackwork incident.

A four-horse fall at Cranbourne has Jamie Mott nursing leg injuries while Declan Bates has a fractured knee cap after a mishap in the mounting yard at Geelong.

Leading Queensland trainer Toby Edmonds is in a Gold Coast hospital undergoing tests for a head injury after being hit by a runaway horse.

A race meeting at Scone in the NSW Hunter Valley has been postponed by a day as bushfires continue in the neighbouring areas.

Trainer Mike Moroneyis happy with the decision to bypass the major spring races with Chapada after his tough three-year-old season that took in three Derbys.

A race meeting at Scone in the NSW Hunter Valley will go ahead with Racing NSW to continue to monitor weather and bushfire conditions.

Trainer Brad Widdup will have to wait to find out of talented sprinter Sandbar can get a start in the $1 million The Hunter at Newcastle.

Australian Derby winner Levendi only has to please his trainer Peter Gelagotis during the week to make his long-awaited racing return at Sandown.

Prolific winner Tarzan has had a brief stint of farm life as he prepares for another challenge at the Sunshine Coast.

Trainer Robbie Griffiths is slowly getting back to stable duties after being laid low following an operation on a brain aneurism.

Emerging New Zealand star Catalyst has attracted interest from Australian trainers but his owner says the 2000 Guineas winner stays with Clayton Chipperfield.

Racing Queensland has boosted prize money for its three main two-year-old races during the winter carnival.

Craig Williams has won the Singapore Gold Cup on the Lee Freedman-trained Mr Clint just days after winning the Melbourne Cup.

Melody Belle will return home to New Zealand for a break before attention turns to another likely Australian campaign and the All-Star Mile.

Chris Waller says Vow And Declare’s Melbourne Cup victory may entice trainers to look in their own backyard for a Cups horse.

Mirage Dancer will be kept to shorter staying races after failing to see out the 3200 metres of the Melbourne Cup.

Peter and Paul Snowden could have two runners in the inaugural $1 million The Hunter at Newcastle including Brave Song.