Moods, Mitho, Rodge and The Rainman are back for another year with a monster opening show. They'll dissect all the key races ahead of the first G1 of 2021 PLUS some breaking news on the future of Glenfiddich.

Cox Plate winning trainer Ciaron Maher joins the team for the season finale to talk about his big spring, big plans and big Golden Slipper hope.

One half of the Waterhouse Bott training partnership joins the show. Spoiler alert: It's not Gai.

PLUS group one chat and plenty of tips for big finish to the Flemington carnival

Thankfully no kids will be on track on Saturday as, according to PG Moody, if there were running down the straight playing, they might beat the Derby horses home. A big call with serious substance! Thankfully there is a stack of other great races on the program at Fabulous Flemington.

Is Peter Moody the biggest name on his own show? Perhaps not this week as reigning Melbourne Cup winning trainer, Danny O"Brien, who also happens to have the favourite for the Cox Plate, joins the show ahead of what could be a historic weekend for the boy from Kyabram.

This Saturday marks the 100th running of the Ladbrokes Cox Plate and this Friday, the first virtual running of The Greatest Ever Cox Plate.

Listen as the Moody on the Mic team discuss all 14 runners in the virtual race - all champions of their era - to see who they think would come out on top.

ADDITIONAL INFO

In an Australian first Ladbrokes has partnered with Racing Victoria, the Moonee Valley Racing Club, Inspired Entertainment and Channel 7 to bring to life the Ladbrokes Greatest Ever Cox Plate.

The concept will pit equine superstars from across the globe and across eras against each other in a virtual race, which will be one of the talking points of the Spring Carnival. Aligned to celebrate the 100th running of Australia's WFA Championship, the Ladbrokes Cox Plate at Moonee Valley on Saturday, October 24.

Ladbrokes with the assistance of key historical data and cutting-edge animation has assembled one of the greatest horse-racing fields of all time. To be contested over the classic 2040m course at Moonee Valley, the world's best middle-distance racehorses will face off in a virtual race that will end all debate - or spark even more!

Ladbrokes has worked with its key partners and a panel of recognised and respected form experts to assemble the final field which includes 11 former Cox Plate winners, headlined by four-time winner Winx and Australian racing icon Phar Lap. They will be joined in the field by three international wildcards, US Champion, Secretariat, champion of Europe, Frankel and Asian champion, Deep Impact, in a move that will add further intrigue and spark additional debate.

The expert panel included Racing Victoria's GM Racing Greg Carpenter, Timeform CEO Gary Crispe, MVRC CEO Michael Browell and Ladbrokes Australia CEO Dean Shannon. The race will be called by the voice of Victorian racing Matthew Hill and will be run on the evening of Friday, October 23 live on Channel 7 and simulcast across Ladbrokes digital platforms.

Moods breaks the news that the spring campaign of his star colt isn't over after successful surgery. Michael Rodd reflects on Maldivian doing himself a mischief in a fateful 2007 Caulfield Cup plus thoughts on the 2020 edition from the team as well as a look at the Everest and the all-important best bets.

Five group one across two states on Saturday including the Caulfield Guineas, which was certain to be won by the Peter Moody trained Glenfiddich. But only good horses get issues and Moods takes us through what has gone wrong with the star colt. Plus the team analyse each of the big races and dish out their ever popular best bets.

Captain of racing's Good Guys XI, Tommy Berry, joins the show for an extended chat about past, present and hopefully future success. And, will they bother to even run the Guineas when Moods has already declared Glenfiddich?

Group one racing in two states and we have all bases covered with trainers, jockeys and owners in all the key races. Rothfire hoop, Jim Byrne, jumps on the line and Moods tells a story from their past which altered the course of racing history forever.