Sydney trainer Gai Waterhouse's quest for a record fifth win in the Magic Millions Classic will ramp up a gear on Saturday when Ready Already makes his debut at Rosehill.

Ambitions for Tetsuko and Brazen Moss extend beyond midweek racing at Canterbury, but it's a good place to start.

New Zealand Cup hero Terror To Love is being given every possible chance to break his Australian duck.

Co-trainer Andrew Forsman said he would like to think Sakhee's Soldier's giant-killing win over Veyron at Ellerslie on Saturday was a stroke of genius.

Rosehill trainer Chris Waller will once again end the year as the country's leading group one trainer with the chance to make it an even 10 in the Kingston Town Stakes.

Miracle Mile hero Christen Me is set to sidestep the Auckland summer for a shot at one of the richest seasons ever by a Kiwi pacer in Australia.

New Zealand's Christen Me won a two horse war with defending Australian champ Beautide to win the A$750,000 ($814,014) Miracle Mile (1609m) at Menangle, Sydney, last night in a race record 1m 49.1s.

Waikato jockey Lisa Cropp was stood down from riding at Te Awamutu races yesterday after a drug test "irregularity".

Forgotten New Zealand pacer Easy On The Eye all of a sudden holds the key to the A$750,000 Miracle Mile.

We're kidding ourselves if we believe the horses we so badly need for the Melbourne Cup will come from Saturday's $100,000 Chep Pallecon Solutions Counties Cup.

Terror To Love's hate affair with Menangle may almost be complete before Saturday's A$750,000 ($824,000) Miracle Mile even starts.

The action began early at Karaka on the first day of the annual New Zealand Bloodstock Ready To Run Sale yesterday, when two members of an international buying bench made their mark through a pair of colts that sold for $200,000 apiece.

Victory in the A$600,000 TAB Melbourne Cup at Sandown Park tomorrow night (R8, 11:24pm NZT) will end an emotion-charged week for Canterbury greyhound owners and breeders Alison Lee and her partner Merv O'Brian.

Cox Plate winner Adelaide will remain in Australia to be prepared for an autumn campaign.

Robert Dunn sees a silver lining to Franco Nelson's controversial Miracle Mile snub.

The Riccarton track helped shaft punters in Saturday's $300,000 New Zealand Bloodstock 1000 Guineas.

A harrowing week was all but forgotten for OTI Racing with the back-to-back wins of Renew and Au Revoir at Sandown.