Star jockey Damian Lane will make his return to Melbourne racing at the opening city meeting of the new season at The Valley.

Champion trainer Chris Waller has elected to remove blinkers from Torgersen in an effort to rekindle the gelding’s winning form at Eagle Farm.

Trainer Desleigh Forster’s three-year-olds Red Chase and Desert Digby have their last chance to earn QTIS bonus money.

Trainer Tony McEvoy has trained six winners at the opening meeting at the new Murray Bridge track, with jockey Barend Vorster aboard for five of them.

With an extra mouth to feed, Ben Melham has guided Ghodeleine to victory at Sandown before starting a suspension.

A late-season city win at Sandown to in-form two-year-old Samson has trainer Phillip Stokes considering his upcoming options with the improving gelding.

Trainer Gillian Heinrich, who is recovering from cancer, has made a return to the racetrack to see her horse Liability win at Doomben.

Group-winning colt Sesar is favourite for the weight-for-age Bletchingly Stakes after connections of Mystic Journey opted against accepting for the star filly.

Comeback jockey Nash Rawiller has picked up a handy book of rides for his return to Sydney racing at Rosehill.

Betting giant Tabcorp believes its subsidiary UBET was entitled to withhold an alleged $11 million in fees from Racing Queensland last year.

Subzero has been transferred to the Bendigo Equine Hospital as he battles a kidney problem after overcoming a bout of colic.

Victory Eight has been the quiet achiever of the winter carnival and gets a deserved chance in open company at Eagle Farm.

The Bundaberg Race Club has again secured some big names in David Hayes and Matt Hill for its Cup meeting.

Queensland trainers will ask that there be more clarity with a new rule which means feature race runners must be on track three hours before start time.

Star filly Mystic Journey’s comeback has been delayed with trainer Adam Trinder pulling the pin on the Bletchingly Stakes because of forecast rain.

Apprentice Tahlia Hope has returned home from hospital after being treated for viral meningitis but will continue treatment over the coming weeks.

An 1100m handicap for fillies and mares at Caulfield, rather than the Bletchingly Stakes, is the race of choice for True Excelsior’s first-up assignment.

Co-trainer Trent Busuttin has ruled out a Winter Challenge start for Curragh but stablemate I Am Queen could run in another race at the Rosehill meeting.

Time To Reign will run in a star-studded heat at the Warwick Farm barrier trials against a host of Group One winners.

Humidor and Kings Will Dream have continued on the comeback trail from injuries by contesting jump-outs ahead of their planned race returns next month.

Talented two-year-old filly Done By Me is one of three last-start winners from the Phillip Stokes stable to run in separate late-season races at Sandown.

After 15 months riding in Sydney, homesock apprentice Sam Weatherley is to return home to New Zealand.

Trainer William Haggas has paid a heartfelt tribute to Sea Of Class after the Classic-winning filly succumbed to colic.

A jump-out at Ballarat for new trainer Lindsey Smith will determine how Black Heart Bart is progressing in his bid for a comeback to racing.

Adelaide trainer Mark Minervini will move his base to Newcastle in NSW in search of better opportunities, saying South Australian racing is in decline.

Nicci’s Gold will take on a similar field to her her last start at Rosehill when she runs in the Listed Winter Challenge.

Trainer Lindsey Smith has entered Scales Of Justice for the Bletchingly Stakes with a Ballarat jump-out to determine whether the sprinter starts.

Eagle Farm trainer Lauren Abbott returns to North Queensland with a chance to win the feature double in Townsville.

Caulfield trainer Colin Little is sure Pakenham can rectify the problem with its Polytrack that resulted in him scratching Peko because of excessive kickback.

Jockey Ben Melham has six rides at the midweek meeting at Sandown before he takes a suspension incurred at the Singapore Derby meeting.