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Farnan’s reputation as a first-season sire on the move continues to grow with the 2020 Golden Slipper winner returning Kia Ora Stud to the stallion limelight.

The Canberra Racing Club will pivot to a well-advanced contingency plan and press ahead with a Thoroughbred Park redevelopment.

Goldrush Guru will be trying to emulate the 1998 Australian Guineas win of relation Gold Guru when the Victoria Derby winner continues his autumn campaign at Flemington.

Organisers may have pulled off a promotional coup in enticing Gout Gout to run in the Stawell Gift but in a literal sense the athletics superstar will be an unbackable favourite in the rich footrace because of a Victorian gambling rule.

At only his second start, Devil Night has secured a future on Yulong's stallion roster with a thrilling win in the Blue Diamond Stakes as ageless warrior Mr Brightside claimed the ninth Group 1 victory of his career at Caulfield.

Kevin Payne says selling Katsumi Orochi was a difficult decision but expectations remain high around Blue Diamond Stakes day for one of racing’s better-known individual owners.

Skybird has upset Australia's best young sprinters to win the Black Caviar Lightning at Flemington while Fangirl has relegated her Cox Plate-winning stablemate Via Sistina into the minor placings in the Apollo Stakes at Randwick.