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The boys talk all things racing with the spotlight this week on the $2 million Ingham in Sydney and the Gold Rush over in the West.

Perth’s Pinnacles carnival rolls on with the running of the $1.5 million Group 1 Northerly Stakes while in Victoria it’s Ballarat Cup day, with black-type racing at Eagle Farm too. Sunday

Previewing all the black-type action at Ascot, Caulfield, Rosehill, Doomben and Ellerslie.

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.