Brilliant dual Group I winner Zoustar has made a good impression with his first runner Sunlight finishing a close third in the Listed VRC Maribyrnong Trial at Flemington on Saturday.

An assault on the prestigious Group I Victoria Derby gathered momentum on the weekend for ex-pat kiwi couple Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young who look likely to have a trio of stable contenders face the starter for the blue riband event on 4 November.

Another good week for the column finding Saturday’s Maribyrnong Trial Stakes winner Nomothaj and a busy morning on Friday with some Group I horses stepping out.

Corey Brown has given trainer Gary Portelli an upbeat report after riding Everest favourite She Will Reign at trackwork on Saturday.

Aidan O’Brien is set to start two of his Group I-performers in Saturday’s Caulfield Stakes (2000m).

Te Akau Racing posted a winning double at Riccarton in New Zealand on Saturday with two promising young gallopers by champion sire Fastnet Rock.

Vinery Stud’s flagship stallion More Than Ready (USA) sired his 20th winner at highest level when his 5-year-old son Roy H cleared away in the $300,000 Santa Anita Sprint Championship at Santa Anita Park.

There’s no Winx but there are 10 winners and if you’re planning on having a punt at Sha Tin on Sunday the Racenet tipsters have done all the hard work for you.

Champion mare Winx has come through Saturday's Turnbull Stakes romp unscathed

The Caulfield Cup is off for Gingernuts but the New Zealand Derby will still come to Melbourne for one race.

Cameron Happ takes an in-depth look at how your money performed and pinpoints some future winners from Flemington in a race-by-race analysis of Turnbull Stakes day.

Stewards were kept busy at Morphettville on Saturday with a leading rider one of three jockeys suspended.

Winless in 13 starts since breaking her maiden at Ballarat in March last year, the Murray Johnson-trained Pure Pride was made third emergency in Saturday’s Paris Lane Handicap (1400m) at Flemington.

Winner of the Group III Irish Thousand Guineas Prelude at Leopardstown last year and a distant third in the Group I Irish Thousand Guineas at The Curragh, Qatar Bloodstock’s Now Or Never (IRE) earned her first victory in Australia in Saturday’s Group II Blazer stakes at Flemington.

Barriers 1-4 provide 43 percent of the winners at Coonamble so the inside gates are a good starting point for finding winners at the Central Western track.

A Blake Shinn ride for the John Thompson stable on a mare who had no luck in a strong form race last start stands out as the day’s best bet at Hawkesbury.

Australian bred four year-old Our Mate Art scored a career best win at Durbanviklle in South Africa on Saturday when taking out the Group III World Sports Betting Matchem Stakes.

There was plenty to analyse out of Spring Champion Stakes day at Randwick and Paul Joice has done all of the hard work so you can find the future winners.

Actors Wesley Snipes and Woody Harrelson starred in a popular 1992 American sports comedy White Man Can’t Jump and one of Sydney’s trainers attempted to challenge that title this week but it ended in tears.

Dixie Blossoms turned the tables on stablemate and Golden Pendant conqueror Daysee Doom to become the first mare to go back to back in the Group III Angst Stakes (1600m) at Randwick.

Ill-fated High Chaparral (IRE) is one stallion that has been sorely missed by breeders seeking to breed a Classic horse and featured today when his progressive son Ace High scored a bold front running victory.

An Australian bred winning over 2500 metres is a rarity nowadays, so take a bow champion trainer Darren Weir and Vinery Stud’s veteran Testa Rossa after 6yo mare Amelie's Star booked her place in the Melbourne Cup when turning back the challenge of six European imports in Saturday’s $300,000 Group III The Bart Cummings (2500m) at Flemington.

Robert Smerdon’s day got better while Amy Johnston was all smiles after the Turnbull Stakes on a busy day around the track at Saturday’s Flemington meeting.

Trainer Darren Weir said a decent barrier made all the difference to Amelie’s Star who won her way into the Melbourne Cup with victory in Saturday’s Group III The Bart Cummings (2500m) at Flemington.

High Chaparral (IRE) filly Bring Me the Roses cast off maiden status with a powerhouse win in the Group II VRC Edward Manifold Stakes at Flemington Saturday.

Winx thrashed her rivals in Saturday’s Group I Turnbull Stakes (2000m) at Flemington.

Trainer Tony McEvoy had to leave the course due to illness but received a tonic when Bring Me Roses stormed home to win Saturday's Group II Edward Manifold Stakes (1600m) at Flemington.

Tye Angland missed his brother’s wedding to ride at Randwick on Saturday but picked up a double including the Group I Spring Champion Stakes aboard Ace High.

As is the way of things, Poet’s Voice (IRE) was on a one-way ticket to back to England at a time his son Viridine was putting him on the map with an unbeaten 4-start run culminating in a hugely impressive victory in Saturday's Group II Roman Consul Stakes (1200m) at Randwick.

Actors Wesley Snipes and Woody Harrelson starred in a popular 1992 American sports comedy White Man Can’t Jump and one of Sydney’s trainers attempted to challenge that title this week but it ended in tears.

Given credence to the fact that she travels even better the Melbourne way of going and getting to 2000 metres for the first time this prep, Winx was never out of a second gear in a breathtaking six and a half-length romp in Saturday’s $500,000 Group I Seppelt Turnbull Stakes (2000m) at Flemington.

Tye Angland made the “gut wrenching” decision to miss his brother’s wedding on Saturday to ride Ace High in the Group I Spring Champion Stakes (2000m) at Randwick and he was vindicated when the David Payne-trained galloper proved too good.

It was Ron Quinton’s mares to the fore again as Dixie Blossoms overturned a last start defeat to Daysee Doom in the Group III Angst Stakes (1600m) at Randwick on Saturday.

Ace High has clung on by the barest of margins to take out the 2017 Spring Champion Stakes at Randwick on Saturday after a beautiful frontrunning ride by Tye Angland.

The crowd came in throngs and Winx did not disappoint with an easy win in Saturday’s Group I Turnbull Stakes (2000m) at Flemington to extend her unbeaten run to 21.

Racing Victoria stewards have opened an inquiry into the alleged raceday treatment of a Robert Smerdon-trained runner in Saturday’s Listed Paris Lane Handicap (1400m) at Flemington.

Trainer James Cummings has his first genuine stallion prospect for Godolphin with Saturday's Group II Roman Consul (1200m) winner Viridine.

Giant gelding Keen Array was throwing out distress signals in the last 50 metres of Saturday’s $200,000 Group II Gilgai Stakes but the son of Bel Esprit had enough in hand to earn his fourth stakes success.

An avalanche of money for Sir Plush proved spot on after the Bjorn Baker-trained galloper was never headed in the Bowerman’s Office Furniture (1400m) at Randwick on Saturday.

Richmond superstar Dustin Martin has it all - an historic Brownlow Medal, premiership medallion and Norm Smith Medal treble, Tigers' best-and-fairest award and now a winning racehorse.

Keen Array returned to form with a strong win in the Group II Gilgai Stakes (1200m) at Flemington with favourite Spieth finishing second last.

A memorable winner of the Group I ATC Queen Elizabeth Stakes, charismatic grey Reliable Man (GB) broke the ice at Flemington Saturday as a sire to post his first Australian stakes-winner.

Gingernuts is now in doubt for the Caulfield Cup after rain at Hastings caused the Livamol Classic race day to be called off midway through the program on Saturday.

Awapuni three-year-old Hard Merchandize upset the applecart when he led all the way to take out the Group II Sacred Falls Hawke’s Bay Guineas.

Keen Array got the bob at the right time to claim Saturday’s Group II Gilgai Stakes (1200m) at Flemington.

The Darren Weir-trained Snitzepeg scored a surprise win in the Listed Antler Luggage Stakes (Poseidon Stakes) (1400m) to make it two out of two for reigning champion stallion Snitzel on Turnbull Stakes day at Flemington.

Godolphin import Interlocuter rectified a controversial protest loss last month with an emphatic victory in the Adina Apartment Hotels Handicap (1600m) at Randwick on Saturday.

For the second year in a row, Lindsay Park has claimed the season-opener for two-year-olds in Melbourne with Nomothaj prevailing at Flemington.

In two-and-a-half years of training Chris Munce has stamped himself as a top juvenile conditioner, confirmed once again when Pony Power won at the Gold Coast on Saturday.

Ben Melham has been fined for lodging a frivolous protest, which stewards dismissing in near record time, in Saturday's Listed Antler Stakes (1400m) at Flemington.

The Listed VRC Maribyrnong Trial for two year-olds at Flemington on Saturday was won in a thrilling finish by Snitzel filly Nomothaj, who was raised in the paddocks of Newgate Farm as was last week’s Sydney juvenile stakes-winner Satin Slipper.

Racenet has analysed where the early money has gone for Saturday’s meetings at Randwick, Flemington, Gold Coast and Morphettville Parks.

Double-figure odds for a Waterhouse and Bott-trained gelding likely to get an uncontested lead looks an enticing bet at Newcastle on Saturday.

Following in the footsteps of Medaglia D’Oro’s Golden Slipper winning son Vancouver, who shuttled to Kentucky this year for Coolmore, Golden Rose winner Astern is also set to shuttle to North America for Darley.

The Galileo filly from Dank that made 4million guineas this week at the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale has inspired a story on Racing Post highlighting the performance of the world’s most expensive thoroughbreds.

With the favourite Miss Vista finishing out of the money in the Ladbrokes 55 second Challenge heat on Friday night at Mooenee Valley it was left to speedy Snitzel mare Modern Wonder to claim victory.

He’s bad mannered and headstrong but Choisir colt Choisborder could be set for an “exciting future” after winning at Moonee Valley on Friday.

Queensland harness racing fixer Barton Cockburn has been warned off for life from all race tracks in the state.

While the majority of money has come for Winx in Saturday’s Group I Turnbull Stakes, one punter is taking on champion mare in a big way by loading up on her main rival.

Grahame Begg feels Land Of Plenty has come through his horror Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes run in decent shape and is ready to rumble on the quick back-up in Saturday’s Group II Gilgai Stakes (1200m) at Flemington.

Racenet's stable of bookies have come to the fore with their selections for a big weekend of racing.

A quieter week with the two year-old triallers but some high priced babies were seen out so here are all the placegetters with their breeding and sale information.

Welcome to Weekend Winners, your one-stop tipping sheet for a big Saturday of Group I racing.

There is nothing better than cheering home the final leg to land a fat quaddie and Racenet’s analysts have put their heads together to give you a chance at a big dividend on Saturday.

Today we proudly launch the first in a long line of new products for Racenet’s audience - our iPad and iPhone applications.

The major focus on any Saturday is metropolitan racing but there's plenty of us out there that don't mind a dabble at the support meetings across the country so here's our best bets.

It’s shaping as a scary weekend to find a winner and the Racenet analysts have put their heads together to give punters another tool to help them turn a profit with the Racenet lays of the day.

The colt trainer Steve Richards says has Derby written all over him will attempt to justify his trainer's confidence by winning at Flemington on Saturday.

Ben Melham has lodged an appeal against a suspension which threatens to rub out him for lucrative rides at the Caulfield Guineas meeting.

Early-bird punters have come for one of the Ron Quinton-trained mares in the Group III Angst Stakes (1600m) at Randwick on Saturday.

Punters appear to be taking a cautious approach to Saturday’s Turnbull Stakes meeting at Flemington.

Punters are looking for a frothy celebration in early betting at Morphettville on Saturday.

Punters have smashed a former Kiwi in early betting at the Gold Coast on Saturday.

Paul Butterworth has capped a great 2016-17 season by winning the Wayne Wilson Medal for an outstanding effort by a Queensland trainer.

The Racenet Speedmaps and form analysts have combined to give punters a leg-up in the $300,000 Group III The Bart Cummings (2500m) at Flemington on Saturday.

The winning strike rate of trainer Tim Martin is hard to ignore when he takes horses to Port Macquarie.

There are a handful of trainers that give me extra confidence when I see their name next to a horse I like and Matthew Dale is one of them but happy to take on one of his favourites at Canberra on Friday.

Our weekly report detailing stakes runners for each sire this weekend has a different look this week with Snitzel surpassed for number of stakes runners by another sire.

The highest price for a yearling anywhere in the world this year and the second highest priced yearling filly ever sold at public auction were two of the notable benchmarks set when the GALILEO filly out of the Grade 1 Breeders’ Cup winner DANK sold for 4,000,000 guineas on the final day of Book 1 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale.

Prominent WA owner breeders Bob and Sandra Peters enjoyed success at Belmont last month with a debut winner by Pierro called Action and were back in the winner’s circle with another of his offspring at York on Thursday.

Turangga Farm homebred Newburgh added to the run of success being enjoyed by Vinery Stud’s All Too Hard when making it back to back wins after scoring at Gosford on Thursday.

If you had the feeling Darley’s Golden Slipper winner Sepoy was starting to gain some traction, you’d be right and with four individual winners at the Gosford meeting on Thursday, he’s become a sire on fire!.

Trainer Ron Quinton has escaped a penalty over illegal levels of cobalt found in two of his horses with incorrectly labelled feed accepted as the likely culprit.

Victorian trainer Clive Balfour has been disqualified for six months after pleading guilty to the attempted raceday treatment of three of his horses.

Damian Lane envisages Humidor will be eyeballing Winx for much of the Turnbull Stakes but doubts he can stun the racing world by ending the mare’s famous 20-race winning streak.

The way I’m going in this column in the last month, I wouldn’t be surprised if I got Winx beaten on Saturday, but we’ll have another shot at profit at Flemington.

Think there is plenty of value to be found across Saturday’s programs at Flemington and Randwick including one at $41.

The Australian Turf Club is offering a $49 package valued at more than the $100 for racegoers attending the Spring Champion Stakes meeting at Randwick this Saturday.

Aaron Purcell must feel like quizmaster Eddie McGuire during his first week in charge of the suspended Ciaron Maher stable.

Champion racehorse and leading young sire So You Think had several runners in last year’s Victoria Derby and this impressive maiden winner at Ballarat on Thursday could easily follow in their footsteps.

Next month’s NZB Ready to run Sale at Karaka will showcase the first two-year-old crops of 14 exciting freshman sires.

Kerrin McEvoy has been forced to forfeit his ride aboard the Group II-winning New Zealander All Our Roads when he makes his Australian debut at Randwick in the Bowermans Office Furniture Handicap (1400m) on Saturday.

Silent Sedition faces her toughest first-up assignment but Caulfield trainer Andrew Noblet says he has the Group I winner ready to threaten in Saturday’s Group II Gilgai Stakes (1200m) at Flemington.

It’s Thursday night racing at Happy Valley and if you’re planning on having a punt, the Racenet tipsters have done all the hard work for you.

Racha Cuneen has moved from standby jockey into the prime seat as he reunites with Group winner La Diosa at Riccarton on Saturday.

A recurring fetlock injury has robbed Capella of a start at Hastings and led to her early retirement.

A stakes winner with his first runner would be a dream start for any stallion and Zoustar gets his chance to achieve that feat at Flemington on Saturday in the Listed Maribyrnong Trial Stakes.

The Australian Turf Club and Australian Bloodstock have booked a UK-based jockey to make his Randwick debut aboard Brave Smash in Saturday week’s $10 million The Everest (1200m).

There’s a real West Australian theme to Laurie Sainsbury’s Flemington tips on Saturday.

Top Sydney jockey Hugh Bowman has a good problem.