Winning Post Preview Pod

This week there’s big-money racing at three venues as Perth’s Pinnacles carnival gets into gear with the running of $1.5 million Group 1 Railway, Kembla Grange hosts the $1 million Gong and Cranbourne is the venue for the inaugural $1 million Meteorite. There’s also black-type racing at Doomben.

The carnival kicks on, with a dual Group 1 card at Caulfield and the $1 million Hunter at Newcastle. Queensland racing heads to the Sunshine Coast for Mooloolaba Cup day, things are warming up out west and it's New Zealand Cup day at Riccarton.

With three weight-for-age Group 1s worth $3 million apiece, the stars of the spring come out to play for one last time at Flemington. It's Five Diamonds day at Rosehill and the Riccarton carnival kicks off in Christchurch.

It's the race that stops a nation, and the team is back to go through it runner by runner. Plus we've got previews for Tuesday's other big races at Flemington and Randwick.

Talking a top-quality all-group program at Flemington, the $10 million Golden Eagle and $3 million Russell Balding at Rosehill and Saturday specials around Australasia.

It's the best race in Australasia, with Pride of Jenni, Mr Brightside, Via Sistina and Broadsiding taking on the raiders Prognosis and Docklands. The $5 million Cox Plate is one of nine black-type races at The Valley on Saturday, while at Randwick the classic generation duke it out in the $2 million Spring Champion, one of four seven-figure races on the card. Plus Saturday specials at other venues and Lazy Lobsters.

This week, two of the great races on the Australian calendar go head to head, one of them 145 years old and the other just seven years young. The local, imported and

This week, one of the great racedays of the spring at Caulfield, with the Group 1 Caulfield Guineas, Might And Power and Toorak Handicap leading the way. There are short-priced favourites in all three, but are there surprises in store? Meanwhile there’s rich racing again in Sydney, where the $2 million Hill Stakes is the highlight. It’s Murray Bridge Cup day in SA, Queensland Cup day at Eagle Farm and Ascot opening day in Perth.

This week, it’s the traditional Sydney spring showpiece at Randwick, featuring the Group 1 Epsom, Metropolitan and Flight Stakes. Things get serious at Flemington, with the major contenders facing off in the Turnbull Stakes and the Melbourne Cup contenders vying for a golden ticket in the Bart Cummings. Plus we get to see the first two-year-olds of the season in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane.

One of the great weekends on the Australian sporting calendar is upon us, with the AFL grand final, the NRL preliminary finals and Group 1 racing in two cities. We kick off on Friday night, as the Valley lights return. Opening night is headlined by the Group 1 Manikato Stakes (1000m), where crack sprinter I Wish I Win will be looking to get back on the winning list ahead of the Everest. Rosehill is the venue in Sydney on Saturday for the Golden Rose and Golden Pendant, Saturday's Melbourne racing is at Sandown, where the Group 3 Sandown Stakes is the