Melbourne jockey James Winks is making a rare winter visit to Sydney for four rides, three of them for the Hawkes training partnership.

Trainer Matt Dunn’s decision to run Karaja has added another element to the two-year-old race at the Sunshine Coast.

Champion jockey Hugh Bowman will return to race riding next month, two months after he took an indefinite break following the retirement of Winx.

Jockey Michael Hellyer is set to deliver another local win on Baccarat Baby in the Group Three Sunshine Coast Guineas.

Barbara Joseph and her sons and training partners Paul and Matt Jones have been suspended by stewards for failing to provide adequate vet care to a horse.

Talented five-year-old Bedford has claimed his first win for more than a year, powering through the heavy going to win over 1800 metres at Sandown.

Two-year-old Star Of Michelin has lived up to his famous bloodlines to score an upset win at Eagle Farm.

Trainer Kris Lees has veteran Doukhan poised to atone for his narrow second in the Stayer’s Cup 12 months ago.

Speedy two-year-old filly Rumble Doll has notched her first win at her second start, leading all the way on a heavy track at Sandown.

The benchmark weight for a northern hemisphere three-year-old in the Melbourne Cup has been lifted by 1kg after a review.

Starkers can show he is more than just a clever name by joining some elite previous winners of the Sunshine Coast Guineas.

Guizot has never finished worse than second in four Caulfield appearances and trainer Aaron Purcell expects another good showing in an 1800m-handicap.

Queensland jockey Luke Tarrant has been suspended for a month for betting on international races despite claiming a bogus account had been set up in his name.

Police have charged two non-racing men with fraud in connection to allegations against trainer Ben Currie who has also been charged with fraud.

Queensland trainers and stewards have welcomed a state government review of Queensland’s cumbersome racing appeals system.

Connections of four-year-old One More Try could accept for a race at Caulfield and another at Rosehill before making a final call on where the mare runs.

Well-related gelding Ginger Jones, a half-brother to Group One winner Silent Sedition, will be out to take the next step in his career when he runs at Sandown.

New Zealand’s leading Cox Plate contender Te Akau Shark is gearing up for a campaign which will also include the Epsom Handicap in Sydney.

Queensland police have charged trainer Ben Currie with fraud, alleging he used performance enhancing drugs to improve his horses’ chances to gain prize money.

A big increase in prize money and bonus races are expected to attract an influx of visiting trainers for the North Queensland carnival.

After three months on the sidelines because of injury, multiple Group One-winning jockey Ben Melham will return to the races with three rides at Sandown.

Alf Matthews has been appointed as an apprentice jockey coach for Racing Victoria, filling the position left by Matt Pumpa who has taken up a role in Singapore.

Comeback sprinter Care To Think is ready to tackle the Ramornie Handicap at Grafton first-up after a solid trial at Deagon.

Champion Godolphin sprinter Blue Point will not race again and will join Sheikh Mohammed’s stallion roster.

Well-performed stayer Big Duke headlines nominations for the Listed Caloundra Cup, one of three stakes races at the Sunshine Coast’s feature meeting.

Australian jockey Damian Lane has claimed a second Group One win during his highly successful two-month stint in Japan.

Deploy is ready to bounce back from his unplaced effort in the Stradbroke Handicap when he runs in the Civic Stakes at Rosehill.

After impressive wins at Morphettville and Mornington, unbeaten filly Sizzlefly will be out to press her spring claims when she runs at Caulfield.

RV has transferred two upcoming meetings which were scheduled for the Ballarat turf track, while an extra turf meeting at Bairnsdale has been added.

Champion Winx is to be mated with Hunter Valley stallion I Am Invincible in the upcoming breeding season.