Group One-winning trainer Bryan Guy believes Alignment can win the Group Three Grand Prix Stakes provided she has a change of luck.

The Mathew Ellerton and Simon Zahra stable has two genuine chances at Flemington with four-year-old Propelle and Parmie in suitable races.

A night race meeting at The Valley in Melbourne is the latest casualty of Australia’s extreme heat.

Three-year-old Guntantes gets a weight advantage under the Plate conditions in a $125,000 race at Eagle Farm.

Trainers Richard and Michael Freedman have adopted a patient approach with the promising Cinquedea, who is chasing a maiden metropolitan success.

Trainer Aaron Purcell is leaning to running Midas Prince in a 2500m-open handicap at Flemington which he believes will be a good test for the gelding.

A scheduled twilight race meeting at Morphettville in SA has been moved because of the forecast for extreme heat while Dubbo in NSW has been abandoned.

Strong barrier trials indicate Steve O’Dea-trained stablemates Scallopini and Gotta Kiss can play a major hand in two feature races at Eagle Farm.

Gimcrack Stakes runner-up Stellar Pauline will stake her claims to the $2 million Magic Millions Classic when she resumes against barn mate Aim at Randwick.

Smart two-year-old The Drinks Cart has overcome a slight setback to be ready for a bid to qualify for the Magic Millions at Eagle Farm.

An injury stopped Violate from being a spring carnival contender with his trainer Brent Stanley looking at a first-up victory at Flemington.

Caloundra three-year-old Don’t Waiver is suited by a drop in weight and a step up in distance in the Group Three Grand Prix Stakes at Eagle Farm.

Racing Queensland says it would not have been viable to split a two-year-old race at Eagle Farm.

Leading Queensland jockey Jim Byrne faces an extended stint on the sidelines after breaking his leg in a fall.

The Ciaron Maher-David Eustace partnership is assured of two Magic Millions 2YO Classic runners after Away Game’s win at Doomben.

Rathlin secured a start in the Magic Millions 2YO Classic with a win in the Phelan Ready Stakes which was followed by a bizarre incident at Doomben.

The Victorian Racing Tribunal is set to hear charges brought by Racing Victoria stewards against Peter Gelagotis and Jenny Gow-Whyte.

Scans have confirmed Sydney apprentice Jean Van Overmeire has a broken right wrist in addition to a fractured left shoulder after a barrier trial fall.

Usain Bowler will be sent to Sydney to race at Randwick ahead of another planned road trip to the Gold Coast for the Magic Millions Cup.

Joseph Waldron, the one-time travelling foreman from Murray Baker and Andrew Forsman, has landed his first winner at Caulfield courtesy of Break My Stride.

The John Symons-Sheila Laxon training partnership has produced a smart two-year-old in Doomben winner Thunder Mania.

Trainer Tony McEvoy is upset that two of his Magic Millions 2YO Classic hopefuls were made emergencies at Eagle Farm.

Lightly raced import Aktau will make his Australian debut in a 1600m race at Flemington, with trainer Mike Moroney hopeful he can develop into a Cups horse.

Co-trainer Simon Zahra is looking at Mrs Beckham reaching greater heights as a stayer after her maiden win at Caulfield.

Unbeaten in her first two starts, three-year-old filly Ruler By Choice will face her biggest test when she makes her city debut at Flemington.

Eagle Farm trainer Lauren Abbott has been granted a dual licence so she can ride in races.

Racing Queensland is hoping that shifting the Group Three Grand Prix from winter to summer it will reinvigorate the once glamour race.

Trainer Gerald Ryan believes Chains Of Honour will be hard to beat in the Group Three Grand Prix at Eagle Farm provided it is a true staying test.

Smoke haze from bush fires in East Gippsland has resulted in the Bairnsdale meeting being abandoned.

All seven jockeys banned for 10 days for completing a voided race at Sandown have had their suspensions quashed on appeal.