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Defending champion Ceolwulf and fellow Group 1 winners Light Infantry Man, Private Eye and Royal Patronage will have to break a 34-year-old weight carrying record in this year’s Epsom Handicap after they were all allotted 58kg in the famous Randwick mile.

Al Riffa, a recent purchase for syndicator Australian Bloodstock, will be out to enhance his Melbourne Cup claims in the Group 1 Irish St Leger on Sunday.

MIXI’s offer for PointsBet has closed with the Japanese company taking its ownership of the Australian bookmaker beyond 60 per cent on the day the offer lapsed.

Ombudsman’s performance in the Group 1 Juddmonte International has powered him to the top of the Longines World's Best Racehorse Rankings.

Australia’s jetsetting sprinter Asfoora holds a clear call as favourite to secure a third northern hemisphere Group 1 when she heads to Ireland.

Tom Prebble’s recovery from a race fall at Warrnambool this week is expected to be slow, with the young jockey undergoing surgery on a spinal injury.

Trainers who win one of a select group of Victorian country races this spring will win a nomination to one of the five stallions standing at emerging stud farm Lovatsville.