Quality mare Sofia Rosa will only run at Ellerslie tomorrow by default.

Trainer John Dickie hopes doing the right thing will pay big autumn dividends with Speeding Spur.

A strong field of six female jockeys will be among the line up for this year's Auckland Cup at Ellerslie, including current New Zealand

The legal team representing leading Kiwi jockey James McDonald has argued his sentence should be reduced.

Sydney's Blake Shinn is the main beneficiary of the jockey merry-go-round for the re-scheduled Auckland Cup day.

Injury has counted top filly Eleonora out of a return trip to Australia.

Sydney-based McDonald is fronting the Racing NSW Appeals Panel over the ban imposed by Australian stewards in December.

Aucklander John Carter was on hand at Flemington on Saturday to cheer home Humidor as he stormed to victory in the group one Australian Cup.

The best racing news for a week is that the weather for Ellerslie's Thursday twilight meeting will be fine and dry.

Today's Auckland Cup meeting has been cancelled because of the big wet, with the elite races to be run on Thursday.

Gingernuts will be given the opportunity to double his classic tally with Australian plans now locked in.

Waikato Stud has secured a major interest in Newmarket Handicap contender Tivaci.

The group one hopes of Lance O'Sullivan and Andrew Scott today have been boosted by the availability of an internationally successful jockey.

Silver Fern star Maria Tutaia will swap her trainers for high heels when she goes track-side today.

Three group ones attract some classy horses but the going may be rather tough.

Punters have jumped behind the Ciaron Maher-trained Jameka to claim the Australian Cup at Flemington today.

John Wheeler won't be at Ellerslie when Pentathlon and Irish Flame shoot for a group one double today - but he has a fair excuse.

Redemption on cards for trainers after Derby disappointments.

Robert Dunn is knocking on pacing's golden door and he is hoping Alta Maestro is the key.

Sydney is the favoured next destination for the New Zealand Derby winner Gingernuts.

Mare will be horse to beat in $500,000 feature at Ellerslie.

Five To Midnight has a chance to become a group one winner ahead of time at Ellerslie on Saturday.

The favourites have been handed no favours for the $250,000 Woodlands Derby, the new signature race of Cup week at Alexandra Park.

Leading Victorian trainer Darren Weir is seeking a Triple A rating this weekend.

Punters who invested heavily on the mounts of jockey Opie Bosson at Ellerslie on Saturday were well rewarded.

If revenge and redemption are best served cold then the 36-year wait Stephen Autridge has had to endure made his win simply delicious.

Raw colt Inference has given the Hawkes training team some group one consolation in the Randwick Guineas.

Splurge scored a telling victory in the group three Darley Plate, scoring another major trophy.

Exciting three-year-old Gingernuts slammed the door on his rivals with a withering finishing burst.

Former Cambridge trainers Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young will be chasing one Derby and preparing for another across the Tasman today.