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Godolphin has taken advantage of Moonee Valley being open for gallops by giving Hartnell a work-out at the course.

The Australian Turf Club has taken 89 nominations for the Epsom Handicap and 73 for the Metropolitan Handicap.

Victorian apprentice Ethan Brown has appealed a nine-meeting careless riding suspension.

Champion trainer Lee Freedman has gained his employment pass in Singapore and will begin training there from this week.

Craig Williams is unlikely to ride Houtzen in a Moonee Valley gallop ahead of the filly’s spring return at the same track in the Group Two McEwen Stakes.

VRC Oaks winner Lasqueti Spirit will be sent to the spelling paddock after failing in the first two starts of her spring campaign.

Jockey Josh Adams has gone from the high of a Group Two win to the low of a six-week suspension.

Catchy has been nominated for the Listed Atlantic Jewel Stakes but the Blue Diamond winner is expected to take on the males in the Danehill Stakes.

Gingernuts has come through the first start of his Caulfield Cup campaign in New Zealand in good order.

Group One-winning sprinter Russian Revolution is scheduled to have a gallop at Moonee Valley ahead of his return in the Group Two McEwen Stakes.

Tavago has pleased his co-trainers in a Cranbourne trial but they are still weighing up whether to run him in the Dato Tan Chin Nam Stakes.

Menari will stake his claims for the Group One Golden Rose when he runs in the lead-up at Rosehill.

VRC Oaks winner Lasqueti Spirit will be sent to the spelling paddock after failing in the first two starts of her spring campaign.

Jockey Ben Melham has had his appeal against a seven-meeting careless riding suspension dismissed.

Dual Melbourne Cup-winning rider Kerrin McEvoy has been inducted into the South Australian Hall of Fame.

Jockey Craig Williams has won his sixth Scobie Breasley medal for riding excellence and Winx has been named Victoria’s Horse of the Year.

Caulfield Guineas favourite Royal Symphony has had an exhibition gallop at Caulfield and could have another at Moonee Valley ahead of his spring return.

Dual Oaks winner Egg Tart will have a spring campaign aimed at the Epsom Handicap.

Tavago is nearing his spring return with his co-trainers considering either the Dato Tan Chin Nam or Makybe Diva Stakes.

Gold Coast trainer Toby Edmonds is headed to Melbourne to monitor star filly Houtzen as she prepares to return to racing at Moonee Valley.

Kym Healy can match the early explorers for his travels in search of success at Australia’s far-flung race meetings.

Star country Queensland apprentice Zoe White has celebrated her upcoming move to Brisbane with a Gold Coast winner tempered by a suspension.

The three retiring Brisbane Racing Club board members are expected to seek re-election at next month’s annual general meeting.

Brad Rawiller has been suspended for 10 meetings after pleading guilty to a careless riding charge aboard Guardini in the Heatherlie Handicap at Caulfield.

Grande Rosso has made it three wins for Lindsay Park at Caulfield with victory in the Comcater Handicap.

Five-year-old Vega Magic has led all the way to win the $1 million Group One Memsie Stakes at Caulfield.

Kerrin McEvoy has ridden five winners at Randwick, the first time the multiple Group One-winning jockey has hit that mark at any meeting.

Trainer Pat Webster and reformed jockey Josh Adams expressed their mutual admiration after Happy Clapper opened his campaign by winning the Tramway Stakes.