Ben Currie has told a stay application hearing he believed to harp up a horse was to prime a horse to win.

Linda Meech has a suspected broken collarbone after falling from La Lova shortly after the start of the final race at Geelong.

The Group One All Aged Stakes field has been reduced to 13 after the scratching of dual acceptor Home Of The Brave who will instead run in the Hall Mark Stakes.

The late scratching of Ayer’s Rock at Geelong has followed a routine inspection of trainer Shawn Mathrick’s Cranbourne stables.

Memories of some of his biggest wins have been revived for veteran trainer Harold Norman after Shauquin won at Ipswich.

A stakes race could be on the agenda for Divanation if she can be successful at her first try over 2000m in the Bill Collins Handicap at Caulfield.

On the back of an afternoon he would rather forget, David Payne could be set for a day to remember with two unlikely runners in the Group One Champagne Stakes

More charges have been laid against suspended racehorse trainer Ben Smith, Racing NSW has announced.

Music Bay will be out to confirm Adelaide feature race plans when she steps up to 1600m at Caulfield on the back of a convincing midweek win at Sandown.

Trainer Shane Nichols says a rise in trip and a drop in weight will benefit Streets Of Avalon in the Group Three Victoria Handicap at Caulfield.

Champagne Cuddles will chase a breakthrough Group One win in the All Aged Stakes at Randwick in a changing of the guard for trainer Bjorn Baker.

Godolphin will not be represented in the Champagne Stakes, ruling out a clean sweep for the operation in this season’s Australian Group Ones for juveniles.

The Group One All Aged Stakes has a field of 14 with Osborne Bulls to start from the inside barrier while Le Romain has the outside draw.

Chris Waller will have numbers on his side with seven of the 11 runners in the Tails Stakes at Doomben.

The Brisbane Racing Club is hoping a prize money increase and some outstanding recent winners will help the BRC Sires’ Produce Stakes regain Group One status.

Trainer Ben Currie is expected to give evidence via phone into two historical allegations made against him in a stewards’ inquiry.

A costly suspension to Mark Zahra has given Hugh Bowman the nod to ride Santa Ana Lane in the Chairman’s Sprint Prize in Hong Kong.

The Greg Hickman-trained Pierata will line up in the All Aged Stakes in his bid to snare a Group One win.

The Anthony Freedman stable intends to step the younger sister of Shoals up in distance after her maiden win at Bendigo.

Two-year-old Vinco will back up from an unlucky Fernhill Handicap run in the Group One Champagne Stakes at Randwick.

The injury-prone Zebulon has not had a sore day since joining the Warrnambool stable of Aaron Purcell and could have his fifth campaign run at Caulfield.

The owners of champion New Zealander Melody Belle have rejected a substantial offer for the mare.

Glen Boss has told the launch of the Brisbane winter racing carnival he is keen to end his days as a jockey in his home state of Queensland.

Racing Queensland is looking at a modernised rule to refuse all nominations by Toowoomba trainer Ben Currie until charges against him are resolved.

Apprentice Jackson Murphy will return to riding at Ipswich after being sidelined for three months with a wrist injury.

Racing Victoria has released its program of race dates for 2019/20, with 558 meetings to be run across the state, one more than the current season.

The crisis over integrity in Queensland racing has deepened with the president and vice president of the Trainers’ Association resigning.

Furrion and European import Alfarris are set to line up for Lindsay Park in the Group Three Easter Cup at Caulfield.

Jockey Nick Souquet has been suspended for nine weeks after pleading guilty to a charge of placing 10 bets on thoroughbred races he was not involved in.

Lindsay Park head trainer David Hayes says he will not be running any horses in Queensland during the winter carnival over integrity concerns in the state.