The spring continues to heat up with the Group 1 Makybe Diva Stakes taking centre stage this Saturday. Sheza Alibi will start an odds-on favourite after her super return behind Autumn Glow. Tune in to hear who the boys like across the huge Flemington program.

Everest contenders in Sydney and Melbourne will put up their hand on Saturday in a pair of rich 1000-metre sprint races. The Group 1 Moir, run at Sandown this year, sees 3yo filly Natural Fling line up for just her fourth start. Does she warrant favouritism?

What a cracking Memsie Stakes we are in for at Caulfield on Saturday! Almost all of the runners are legitimate winning chances and the boys, while differing in their on-top selections, aren’t seeing the race too differently.

It’s the clash of the spring and we’re still in winter! Sheza Alibi Vs Autumn Glow comes around earlier than anticipated in Saturday’s Group 2 Winx Stakes and the boys dissect the big clash on this week’s podcast.

WA star Cosmic Crusader showed his class first up when winning the Bletchingly Stakes. He gets another chance to shine bright when he goes up against reigning Lawrence Stakes champ Private Eye this Saturday.

Some of the big guns are returning this weekend in the Missile Stakes at Randwick. Angel Capital needs a Group 1 to sew up a position at stud and he’ll be favoured to get his important spring prep off with a bang.

It’s the horse’s birthday, but listeners get the gifts of plenty of winners, some banter, and another reminder of the gift that keeps on giving all year round (not a membership for the jelly of the month club), the Winning Post calendar, free with this week’s paper.

It’s somewhat of a rematch between a few Monash Stakes contestants in this week’s Bletchingly Stakes. Winnasedge looks hard to topple as he goes for the Monash-Bletchingly double, but standing in his way is the new blood, the WA star Cosmic Crusader.

A tough winter program awaits punters at Flemington this Saturday which features the Deane Lester Flemington Cup. Stakes races in Sydney, Adelaide and Perth are also up for debate on this week’s podcast.

The Monash Stakes is likely to see six or seven horses start in single figures in betting making it a tough assignment for punters to sort out, but lucky enough Joel and Barks are here to help.