Beiwacht will step from barrier 10 in Saturday’s stallion-making Group 1 Coolmore Stud Stakes at Flemington. The Godolphin colt will face 11 rivals in the $2 million straight-track feature, with Tycoon Star drawing directly inside him in gate nine and Jimmy Recard...

Champion trainer Chris Waller is not buying into the debate whether the Victoria Derby distance should be shortened. Waller has prepared three previous winners of the Victoria Derby (2500m) at Flemington which will be run on Saturday in which he saddles Providence and...

Trainer Grahame Begg will be absent over the four days of Melbourne Cup week following a hip replacement operation, but it won’t stop him being a participant. Begg’s staff are continually in discussions with the Cranbourne-based trainer as he recovers from surgery who...