English trainer William Haggas hopes Raheen House can get a start in the Caulfield Cup before he runs in the Melbourne Cup at Flemington.

The Mark Newnham-trained Celestial Falls will be out to emulate her half-sister Greysful Glamour by winning the Oaks Trial at Flemington.

Godolphin colt Bivouac retains favouritism for the Group One Golden Rose at Rosehill and will jump from barrier six in the eight-horse field.

Hush Writer and Brimham Rocks have received 2kg penalties for the Group One Metropolitan Handicap after their Group Three wins.

The Peter and Paul Snowden stable has had three winners and Godolphin two at the official two-year-old barrier trials at Randwick.

Feehan Stakes winner Homesman is the early favourite to win the Group One Underwood Stakes at Caulfield.

Three-year-old filly Exhilarates has been entered for the Group One Moir Stakes along with older Godolphin stablemates Trekking and Viridine.

Having missed the early part of the spring carnival, talented filly Loving Gaby is being aimed towards the Group One Empire Rose Stakes at Flemington.

Godolphin colt Bivouac has assumed outright favouritism for the Group One Golden Rose at Rosehill over Exceedance.

Premier Brisbane trainer Tony Gollan has four horses he hopes can measure up to Melbourne spring carnival feature races.

Stablemates Humidor and Kenenda will be out to improve on their first couple of spring appearances when they step up in distance in the Underwood Stakes.

New Zealander Te Akau Shark, the Epsom Handicap favourite, will have a race day gallop at Canterbury with James McDonald aboard.

The Group One Moir Stakes at The Valley has attracted 18 nominations including Sunlight, Nature Strip, The Bostonian, Trekking and Booker.

The Moir Stakes in Melbourne has been added to the spring program of Everest contender Sunlight after the mare was scratched from The Shorts in Sydney.

Brimham Rocks has not been given a penalty for the Caulfield or Melbourne Cups for his Naturalism Stakes win which earned him a Caulfield Cup ballot exemption.

Caulfield Cup favourite Mr Quickie has been given a look around The Valley in a gallop, with the Cox Plate at the track among his options this spring.

Godolphin has taken out the first of the official two-year-old barrier trials at Randwick with Lonhro colt Beyliks.

Queensland Oaks winner Winning Ways has been crowned the state’s Horse of the Year foe 2018/19.

A wet track for The Shorts at Randwick has prompted connections of Santa Ana Lane to go to plan B for the star sprinter’s Everest preparation.

Some high profile racing figures have been elected to the committee of the Kilcoy Club which hopes to gain more TAB meetings.

Yao Dash is likely to have his third career start at Group One level in the $1 million Golden Rose at Rosehill.

The Chosen One could give veteran New Zealand trainer Murray Baker his fifth Underwood Stakes win at Caulfield and co-trainer Andrew Forsman his second.

Trainer Danny O’Brien is starting to see dividends from his three-year-olds as they are geared towards the spring carnival.

Brisbane will host a set of official barrier trials for two-year-olds at Eagle Farm.

Brisbane trainer Barry Baldwin will consider Sydney options for The Candy Man who is unlikely to make the Epsom Handicap field.

Stephen Brown Jr remains in the intensive care unit in Melbourne hospital after a fall at Wangaratta in a jump-out

NZ champion Melody Belle has claimed her eighth Group One win and is still in the mix for the Cox Plate after she runs in the Livamol Classic.

Jockey Pat Smullen says he is overwhelmed by the response to his fund-raising efforts for cancer research which realied 2.5 million Euros.

Talented mare Sweet Scandal has given premier trainer Chris Waller four winners on the Randwick program.

Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young have discovered the secret to I Am Eloquent who has taken out the Jim Moloney Stakes at Caulfield.