Andrew Hawkins

• Maluckyday, Descarado among Caulfield Cup nominations

  Last year’s Caulfield Cup winner Descarado and rising star Maluckyday are among nominations for the Group 1 BMW Caulfield Cup (2400m), to be run on October 15.

   
• Full list of Cox Plate nominations

  Here are the nominations for the Cox Plate.

   
• Dual winner So You Think heads nominations in Cox Plate

  Globetrotting champion So You Think heads 189 nominations for this year’s Group 1 Tatt’s Cox Plate (2040m), to be run at Moonee Valley on October 22.

   
• Just Horse Racing’s Andrew Hawkins selects his 15 horses to watch this spring

  As hinted in yesterday’s brief review of the 2011/2012 season, Just Horse Racing’s Andrew Hawkins has selected his horses to follow this spring.

   
• Cox Plate Day the highlight as 2010/2011 racing season draws to an end

  The 2010/2011 season, which officially ends tonight, may have run for 365 days, yet it is one race meeting which sums up the main story of the year.

   
• New Zealand spring feature nominations close

  Nominations for New Zealand’s feature spring races have closed, with a number of the best Kiwi gallopers entered in their spring Triple Crown.

   
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  Melbourne Cup winner Americain heads 21 entries in Prix de Reux

  Melbourne Cup winner Americain is set to embark on the first steps towards defending his crown when he runs in France on Tuesday night.

   
• Melbourne Cup: Maluckyday heads early markets, Scarlett Lady fancied

  Maluckyday remains at the head of Melbourne Cup antepost markets with one hundred days left until the great race.

   
• Winterbottom Stakes new Group 1 race at expense of WA Derby

  The Winterbottom Stakes is Australia’s newest Group 1 race.

   
• Lucrative spring carnival awaits Kiwi raiders

  With the spring just a few weeks from its unofficial start, our neighbours across the Tasman have begun to plan their assault on the upcoming spring carnival.

   
• South Australian trainers look to spring

  South Australian trainers are gearing up for the spring with a number of their best horses preparing to step out in the next month.

   
• The big three races – Caulfield Cup, Cox Plate, Melbourne Cup – are now on Facebook and Twitter!

  Social media has emerged as a major force in recent times, and racing is beginning to embrace the change.

   
• England’s Highclere Racing hoping to mount another Melbourne Cup attempt as Northumberland Plate looms

  England’s Highclere Thoroughbred Racing will be out to break England’s hoodoo in Australia’s greatest race, with their eyes firmly set on winning the Melbourne Cup.

   
• Is Harris Tweed the new Tim Whiffler? Two horses named Harris Tweed aim at Melbourne Cup

  An intriguing situation not witnessed since the 19th century could influence this year’s Melbourne Cup, with the trainer of last night’s Hardwicke Stakes runner up Harris Tweed keen to bring him for the race.

   
• Royal Ascot Day 5 Preview – Australia to finally make their mark

  The final day at Royal Ascot awaits – can Australia belatedly get on the scoreboard?

   
• Royal Ascot Day 4 Preview – Memory to begin World Domination

  Day 4 at Royal Ascot celebrates the fillies, with the feature the Coronation Stakes for three year old fillies over a mile.

   
• Royal Ascot Day 3 Preview – Opinion Poll to continue our good fortune

  Day 3 at Royal Ascot celebrates the stayers, with the feature the time honoured Ascot Gold Cup over 4000m.

   
• France targets Cox Plate while Hong Kong looks to Coolmore Stud Stakes

  French trainer Alain de Royer Dupre is likely to follow his successful first tilt at last year’s Melbourne Spring Carnival with an ambitious assault on two of Australia’s most prestigious races.

   
• Royal Ascot Day 2 preview – So You Think he’s a star, Charlie?

  It is hard to match what was an incredible opening day of Royal Ascot for 2011.

   
• Royal Ascot Day 1 preview – Will we bear Witness to a Star victory?

  The world’s most historic racing carnival, Royal Ascot, is here once again with a stunning opening day setting the scene for a remarkable 300th carnival.