The babies have shed their winter coats along with their juvenile status and step out this Saturday in the Golden Rose Stakes – the first Group 1 of the season …

A minor setback to Melbourne Cup winner Protectionist has opened the door once again to a 2016 Melbourne Cup campaign for the Australian Bloodstock owned galloper. A minor injury saw …

Melbourne Cup-winning jockey Michelle Payne will make her comeback to the saddle in a race at Sale in country Victoria. Payne, who hasn’t ridden competitively since she underwent pancreatic surgery …

It’s been a decade since Toowoomba trainer Kevin Kemp has won a race in Sydney, but he has had limited opportunities. He now has a horse he thinks is good …

Although Entirely Platinum hasn’t won a race for more than two years, his co-trainer insists he is in career-best form. Wayne Hawkes, who prepares the gelding in partnership with his …

The rebirth of Tycoon Tara’s racing career has surprised Peter Snowden. The mare came to Peter and Paul Snowden’s Randwick stable from Victoria for one last shot at racing after …

Tivaci will be out to enhance his stud prospects this spring after saving himself from being gelded with a stakes win last campaign. The Mike Moroney-trained four-year-old resumes in Saturday’s …

Adrian Bott is not taking his first opportunity to add to the hundreds of Group One winners produced from Tulloch Lodge for granted. Gai Waterhouse has trained more than 130 …

MAIN PLAYERS IN THE MAKYBE DIVA STAKES Group One, 1600m, $500,000, weight-for-age. Run at Flemington * First run in 1948. Known as Craiglee Stakes until 2007 when it was renamed …

Wazzenme will chase feature race success in his home town after trainer Stuart Webb decided against a Golden Rose mission in Sydney. Caulfield-based Webb admitted Saturday’s Golden Rose at Rosehill …

FACTS AND FIGURES ON THE GOLDEN ROSE Group One, 1400m, $1 million, three-year-olds, set weights HISTORY * Known as the Peter Pan Stakes until 2003 and elevated to Group One …

Premiership winning trainer Darren Weir will saddle the two best backed runners in Saturday’s Makybe Diva Stakes. Online bookmaker sportsbet.com.au has Weir’s star sprinter and last start Memsie Stakes winner, …

TJ Smith Stakes runner-up Fell Swoop is set to trial at Warwick Farm as he tunes up for the Melbourne spring carnival’s rich sprint races. Canberra trainer Matt Dale said …

Revolving Door will wear blinkers as tries to press his claims for the Caulfield Guineas when he runs in a Listed race at Flemington. Trainer Clinton McDonald believes the time …

Chris Waller is confident Omei Sword has the strength to match it with the colts in the $1 million Golden Rose. The lure of the rich Group One purse in …

Robbie Griffiths admits it’s not ideal to have two of the stable’s fillies running against each other in a stakes race at Flemington. Ariaz and Selenia contest the Listed Cap …

Damian Lane’s association with Rising Romance has yet to reap a big race reward despite a couple of near misses, but the jockey is hoping their day will come in …

Melbourne Cup winner Prince Of Penzance heads the Group 1 Makybe Diva Stakes Field on Saturday at Flemington with 13 runners accepting in the race. All In markets had the …