The Group One Oakleigh Plate is the first target of 2020 for three-year-old colt Bivouac who has continued preparations in a jump-out at Flemington.

A look at the history of the Group One Lightning Stakes at Flemington.

Exciting New Zealand three-year-old Catalyst is set for his first Australian appearance in the C S Hayes Stakes against a field including Alligator Blood.

Tim Clark will renew his association with Victorian trainer Anthony Freedman and owner Jonathan Munz when he rides Supreme Idea at Randwick.

Almost seven years after her retirement, undefeated sprinter Black Caviar will make a guest appearance at the Flemington race meeting named in her honour.

A Melbourne Cup-winning trainer and three others accused of torturing horses and corrupt betting have had their case moved out of Melbourne.

Michael Cahill has been given the all-clear to resume riding track work ahead of a return to race riding after being sidelined with a foot injury.

The in-form Impasse will skip a Class Six race to make his open company debut at Eagle Farm.

Nature Strip is the short-priced favourite to win the Lightning Stakes at Flemington at the beginning of a 2020 campaign which could include Royal Ascot.

Talented mare Lashes will find a wet Randwick track to her liking but it could bring about the undoing of stablemate and promising import Attorney.

Stanthorpe’s Reeves family is noted for breeding top fillies and mares and look to have another one in Kisukano who runs at Eagle Farm.

Trainer Chris Waller has made a gear change to dual Group One winner Verry Elleegant as he bids to help the mare recapture her former brilliance.

Snitch has had a disappointing campaign but trainer Tony Gollan believes the inside barrier can help him return to form at Eagle Farm.

Sangria will face her sternest test when she takes on Group One performers including Libertini and Flit in the Group Two Light Fingers Stakes at Randwick.

Talented gelding Cruze will be given the chance to improve on his stellar record around the Eagle Farm 1400m circuit.

A Melbourne Cup-winning trainer and three others accused of torturing horses and corrupt betting have had their case moved out of Melbourne.

The Taree meeting is the latest casualty of heavy rain on the eastern seaboard.

The Queensland Racing Integrity Commission has emphasised the sickness which has hit the state’s greyhound industry is not linked to human coronavirus.

Just weeks after the track in Canni Creek was impacted by bushfire, the 133rd Buchan Cup is set to be held with six races on the picnic race program.

A sharp jump-out over 800m has Calvin McEvoy looking forward to the autumn return of Pretty Brazen in The Vanity at Flemington.

Jockey Tim Clark will chase a third successive victory in the Triscay Stakes at Randwick when he reunites with bonny mare Reelem In Ruby.

Trainer Desleigh Forster has made key changes to race-day gear on two of her horses as she bids to continue her recent run of success at Eagle Farm.

Peter Moody does not want to be the big commercial trainer he once was, preferring to keep numbers to a manageable level in new Pakenham stables.

After posting back-to-back stakes wins in the spring, Akari has earned herself a tilt at the better fillies in the Light Fingers Stakes at Randwick.

One of the leading Golden Slipper fancies, Dame Giselle makes her autumn return at Randwick with her trainers saying she must run regardless of the wet track.

Popular Queensland gelding Alligator Blood has already won the Magic Millions Guineas to start the year and has three feature race targets in Melbourne.

Xerri, an expensive colt named after a top rugby league player, will make his debut at Eagle Farm.

The likelihood of a heavy track at Randwick has prompted James Cummings to reconsider Apollo Stakes plans for class mare Alizee.

Tofane will get further valuable straight-track experience in the Lightning Stakes ahead of her autumn target, the Newmarket Handicap.

A softer barrier draw could prove a decisive factor when stakes-placed juvenile Ticket To Ride bids to break her maiden at Randwick.