Selflessly made a quantum leap from maiden company to become More Than Ready’s 196th stakes winner in New York on Sunday.

Queensland raider Alligator Blood has firmed from $15 into $5 for the Caulfield Guineas Gr.1 after keeping his unbeaten record intact when racing first-up in Melbourne on Sunday.

Man Booker has returned to racing in a blaze of glory with a last-to-first victory in the LR Birthday Stakes (1200m) at Belmont.

Gingerbread Man’s winning run in town continued on Saturday when Red Can Man landed some big bets in the Denis Butko 80th Birthday Plate (1200m).

Untapped mare Too Good Too Hard will be elevated to black-type company on the back of a soft win at the Mornington meeting that clashed with the AFL Grand-Final on Saturday.

More Than Ready sired his latest northern-hemisphere 2yo winner on Friday when Huboor was a comfortable winner of the Jersey Lily Nursery (1400m) at Newmarket.

WA visitor Special Reward can cap off a winning September for Demerit in the LR Testa Rossa Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield this Sunday.

James Cummings was tempted to add Exhilarates to Godolphin’s Group 1 team in the Moir Stakes (1000m) on Friday before deciding she was better off against her own age group for the opening night meeting of the season at Moonee Valley.

The Bostonian (NZ) is generating a steady stream of signed contracts for his sire Jimmy Choux (NZ) ahead of the G1 Moir Stakes (1000m) at Moonee Valley on Friday.

Scenic Lodge is all set for another successful spring on either side of the continent following last weekend’s results in Perth, Kalgoorlie, Melbourne and Sydney.

Miss West Coast has come back better for a winter spell on the evidence of a three-length victory in the Engine Room Espresso Plate (1000m) at Belmont.

Brisbane-based Brian Dais believes Looks Like Elvis is the best horse he’s trained and is making sure only the best will do for the Group 1-bound son of Geisel Park sire All American.

The early-season spotlight on Australia’s new 2yo crop moves to Melbourne on Wednesday for the VRC Spring Preview Stakes (900m) at Flemington.

The last lot at Keeneland’s marathon September yearling sale went through the ring on Sunday and that leaves the landscape clear for the USA Breeders’ Cup Championships at Santa Anita in November.

There’s a message for us all in there: and not simply to give greater consideration to the one who gave us life!

John Thompson kicked off a winning double with Vinery sires when his Casino Prince mare Sweet Deal claimed a black-type first in the Tibbie Stakes Gr.3 at Newcastle on Friday.

Newcastle racing man Ken Wright didn’t hesitate to pick Star Boy after drawing a slot for The Kosciuszko (1200m) at Randwick on October 19.

The Vinery brand is back for more black-type at Caulfield on Saturday with Begood Toya Mother and Kooweerup.

Ascot trainer Dion Luciani has the front-runner among Perth’s early-season juveniles after winning a second trial with Bumper Humper at Lark Hill on Monday

Kaplumpich was responsible for one of the more bizarre results in racing when he shared a dead-heat decision for the second time in his career at Cranbourne on Wednesday.

Neurological claimed a courageous victory Saturday’s LR Farnley Stakes (1400m) in what was a clean-sweep of firsts for horse, trainer and jockey.

Veteran trainer Vern Brockman has a peerless reputation in the industry and now he’s being credited as a ‘horse-whisperer’ in Perth.

Maschino proved he could sire a good horse when flying filly Fabergino emerged out of his first crop at Alwyn Park Stud.

Amillionite finally shook off her bridesmaid’s tag after leading home a Yarradale Stud quinella in the Ride Like A Girl Maiden (1600m) at Belmont.

Part-owner and trainer Justine Erkelens has some unfinished business in Melbourne with her smart stakes-winner Friar Fox.

Darling View sire Patronize has completed a city double with promising 3yo winners Power Of St George and Belle Of Liberty at Belmont.

Interstate raiders Gatting and Arcadia Queen put Perth in the spotlight with victories of a different kind in Melbourne and Sydney on Saturday.

West Australian mare Arcadia Queen made light work of her Sydney rivals when racing first-up in the G2 Theo Mark Stakes (1300m) at Rosehill on Saturday.

All Too Hard flew the Vinery flag on two fronts in Queensland on the weekend starting with a record-breaking victory at Doomben on Saturday.

Vinery Stud’s recent run of black-type winners continued in Adelaide on Saturday when Bonvicini was a class above the locals in the $100,000 Morphettville Guineas LR.

Rivercrest Park owner Steve Hoare has confirmed 15 black-type mares are among the bookings into Ducimus this season.