The appearance of a natural leader in the Carlyon Stakes gives trainer Dan McCarthy hope Ashlor can make it three straight at The Valley.

Verry Elleegant has attracted the most fanfare of Chris Waller’s four Winx Stakes runners but Unforgotten could be the one to watch.

Trainer Matt Dunn is taking a race-by-race attitude with former boom horse Care To Think who is coming back from throat surgery.

Connections of Baller have high hopes for the young sprinter as he prepares to launch his spring at Randwick.

Trainer Chris Munce hopes to discover if he has another Magic Millions Guineas hope when Scathing runs at the Gold Coast.

Leading contender for the $14 million Everest, Pierata, has continued his preparation with a winning barrier trial at Warwick Farm.

Racing NSW’s has lost its deputy chief steward Phillip Dingwall who has resigned on the eve of the spring carnival.

Enable has won her 10th Group One race in the Yorkshire Oaks at York, her final appearance on English soil.

With Aquis making their mark on the race track and the sales ring it is the Japanese import and duel Group 1 Weight-For-Age winner Brave Smash who is lifting Aquis Farm Hunter Valley to a higher level this season.

Godolphin’s Gaulois has lived up to his favouritism to win the Listed Rowley Mile at Hawkesbury.

Riverina jockey Nick Heywood has been outed for 10 months after pleading guilty to a drugs charge.

Trainer Phillip Stokes would have liked a better barrier draw for Terbium but still expects a strong showing from the sprinter first-up at The Valley.

Having kicked off his career on the country circuit, Superium will bid to put his city rivals to the sword in the Up And Coming Stakes.

Wells will attempt a record fourth Grand National Steeplechase victory at the final jumps meeting for the season at Ballarat.

Hightail will be out to claim an early-season stakes win at The Valley when the three-year-old gelding resumes in the Listed McKenzie Stakes.

Libertini is set to start odds-on favourite when she resumes in the opening leg of the four-race Princess Series at Randwick.

Trainer John Sadler expects the track conditions to be ideal for Oak Door when he lines up in the Carlyon Stakes at The Valley.

A drop in weight at the Gold Coast has given Crafty Cop the chance to continue the successful run for the Anderson-Heathcote training partnership.

Happy Clapper, the horse who took on Winx more frequently than any other, will resume in the race named after his champion foe.

Lindsay Park holds a strong hand in a three-year-old fillies race at The Valley with Taraayef and Andrassy Avenue.

Sydney trainer Bjorn Baker is hoping Drachenfels can break a run of minor placings by winning at the Gold Coast.

Veteran Outraged returns to the scene of his career-best run in the Magic Millions Trophy when he starts at the Gold Coast.

Hawkesbury Race Club chief executive Greg Rudolph has resigned after more than three years in the role.

The Aidan O’Brien-trained Japan has beaten Crystal Ocean in a thrilling finish to the Juddmonte International at York.

Co-trainers Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott have landed an early double as part of a treble at Canterbury that could provide an insight into much better races.

Shangani Patrol has made the trip to Sandown worthwhile for Canberra trainer Matthew Dale with his win in the Long Fine Plate.

Linda Meech has walked back to the jockeys’ room unaided after a fall in a race at Sandown.

Tony Noonan is not renowned for backing up his horses, but after a win at Cranbourne Annarbor has recorded a comfortable victory at Sandown.

Unhappy with the racing manners of Vegadaze, Anthony Cummings has sent the sprinter for a brief farmstay to reboot his spring.

Jockey Michael Cahill has continued his impressive winter carnival form to bring off an upset win on Magic Trick at Ipswich.