Australasia

The Golden Rose winner stays north for his Caulfield Guineas preparation, with a Cox Plate start at Flemington possible if Saturday goes well.

Godolphin’s Tempted won Saturday’s Group 2 Premiere Stakes at Royal Randwick by three lengths and is expected to fill the stable’s slot in The Everest.

Apprentice Siena Grima won Saturday’s $1.5 million Group 1 Epsom Handicap at Royal Randwick on God’s Window at her first Group 1 ride, giving Chris Waller a record equalling seventh win in the race.

The Victoria Racing Club plans to proceed with Saturday’s Group 1 Turnbull Stakes meeting at Flemington on a track rated Heavy 9, with a race morning inspection and a 95 per cent chance of more rain.

Vin Cox has been appointed the 23rd chairman of the Victoria Racing Club and takes over from Neil Wilson at the club’s annual general meeting on 15 December, after Wilson’s 14 years on the board.

The unbeaten New Zealand mare Well Written flew into Sydney on Tuesday night for Saturday’s A$1.5 million Group 1 Epsom Handicap at Royal Randwick, with the A$10 million Golden Eagle to follow on 31 October.

Graeme Hinton will lead Racing NSW from 1 December, appointed unanimously four days after Peter V’landys confirmed he leaves after 22 years, and before the Hazzard review of racing governance has been released.

Newgate Farm and GPI Racing have taken John Singleton’s Group 3 winner Blue Door into the $20 million Everest at Royal Randwick on 17 October, one of four runners confirmed so far.

Jimmysstar came from last in first-time blinkers to win the $2 million Group 1 Manikato Stakes at Caulfield, a fourth top-level victory for the New Zealand bred seven-year-old.

Alan Trevena, who partnered the champion mare Surround in 16 of her 17 victories and later helped Jye McNeil into the sport, has died aged 84.