Redzel has led from start to finish in a 1000m-barrier trial at Rosehill as he steps up his preparation aimed at a third win in the $14 million Everest.

Trainer Chris Waller is likely to have four runners in the Winx Stakes at Randwick, the first Group One race of the new season.

Independent Road and Exeter form part of the Lindsay Park team of three-year-olds and will begin their spring campaigns in the McKenzie Stakes at The Valley.

QRIC officers have raided Gold Coast track work with five people stood down for allegedly testing positive to banned substances.

QRIC officers have raided Gold Coast track work with five people stood down for allegedly testing positive to banned substances and one for refusing a sample.

Dual Cox Plate placegetter Humidor has won a Cranbourne barrier trial in preparation for his return to racing after missing the autumn.

Nash Rawiller and Brenton Avdulla are happy with their respective Everest mounts In Her Time and Graff after the two trialled at Newcastle.

Success in an 1190m barrier trial at Cranbourne has five-time Group One winner Black Heart nearing a return to racing.

Everest favourite Santa Ana Lane has made a pleasing return at the Cranbourne trials finishing in fourth place on a wet track.

The Kris Lees-trained Graff has won a barrier trial at Newcastle with hopes high he can gain a slot in the $14 million Everest.

Australian sprinter Houtzen will miss the Nunthorpe Stakes at York because of an elevated temperature.

Hogmanay, a horse part-owned by Australian cricketer Steve Smith, has won the Taree Cup.

Marmelo has won the Prix Kergolay at Deauville and is set to return to Australia to try to go one better than his second in the Melbourne Cup.

Coronet has given John Gosden and Frankie Dettori yet another Group One winner in the Prix Jean Romanet at Deauville.

Everest contender In Her Time and stablemate Graff will trial against each other at Newcastle.

With ongoing success comes added pressure as Tasmanian trainer Adam Trinder is experiencing with Mystic Journey.

Te Akau Shark remains on target for a Sydney campaign despite being beaten on his season return in the Foxbridge Plate at Te Rapa.

Trainer Barry Baldwin is happy with fan favourite The Candy Man despite him running last in a recent barrier trial.

The Everest favourite Santa Ana Lane is among the high-profile horses set to contest barrier trials at Cranbourne in preparation for spring.

Top three-year-olds Winning Ways and Zoustyle are the favourites to fight out the annual Racing Queensland Horse of the Year Award.

Victorian trainer Robbie Griffiths has undergone a successful operation on a brain aneurysm but is expected to remain in hospital for up to 10 days.

What looked a simple fall at Sale has left jockey Jason Benbow on the sidelines longer than expected with seven broken bones in his foot.

Queensland stewards are becoming increasingly frustrated at delays in finalising the Queensland Derby fall in which jockey Corey Brown was seriously hurt.

Battaash and Ten Sovereigns headline 13 horses confirmed for the Nunthorpe Stakes at York with Australian mare Houtzen also expected to take her place.

Mystic Journey has extended her winning streak to seven with an impressive first-up victory in the Group Two PB Lawrence Stakes at Caulfield.

Jockeys Nash Rawiller and Glen Boss have turned back the clock with winners at Randwick and signalled there are more to come.

The Daniel Bowman-trained Begood Toya Mother has won for the sixth consecutive time, taking the step up to Listed grade with victory in the Regal Roller Stakes.

The decision to miss the winter carnival with stayer Kubis looks set to reap a reward after his first-up win at Eagle Farm.

Godolphin filly Exhilarates has made an impressive winning return as a three-year-old, taking out the Group Three Quezette Stakes at Caulfield.

Te Akau Shark has been beaten but not bowed in his season return in the Foxbridge Plate at Te Rapa in New Zealand before he heads to Sydney.