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It seems to get earlier every year, and believe it or not the Group 3 Monash Stakes is the feature at Caulfield this Saturday.

Once a spring launchpad for returning sprinters and weight-for-agers, the Monash has crept forward on the calendar to the point where it is now run before midwinter. This year's event sees the return of the Mark Walker-trained mare Bellatrix Star, who's been placgued with injury since she won the Group 2 Schillaci Stakes over the same 1100-metre course as a filly in October 2024, then ran second in the Group 1 Coolmore Stud Stakes.

Elsewhere, Randwick is the venue for Sydney racing while Queensland metro racing returns to town at Doomben and the SA version heads to Gawler. In WA, the Beaufine Stakes tops the bill at Belmont.

Our coverage kicks off on Friday with fields, colours, previews and tips for all five Friday meetings.

The metro racing this Saturday is at Caulfield in Melbourne, Randwick in Sydney, Morphettville Parks in Adelaide, Doomben in Brisbane and Belmont in Perth.

Winning Post carries full-colour liftout guides for all those meetings plus Donald (Vic/SA edition), Newcastle (NSW edition) and Gold Coast (Qld edition), as well as fields, tips, ratings and/or colours for other TAB Saturday cards.

On Sunday we've got liftout formguides for three more TAB meetings (plus Devonport in the Tassie edition), as well as fields, ratings, tips and colours for a stack more Sunday and Monday programs.

Don't forget Winning Post now carries trackwork reports for four Victorian training tracks, three in Sydney, Morphettville in Adelaide and a general Brisbane report.

Away from the form, we've got news columns from NSW, four Victorian districts, SA and Tasmania.

Our readers have their say on page 4, while elsewhere in the book Shane Templeton reminisces, Paul Richards presents his unique take on the sport, Matt Stewart weighs in on the issues and Number Cruncher delivers the stats that matter.

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Inside Winning Post July 11 edition you'll find liftout form guides for:

Saturday:

Flemington, Rosehill, Morphettville, Doomben, Belmont, Mildura (Vic/SA edition), Gosford (NSW edition), Gold Coast (Qld edition)

Sunday:

Seymour, Coleraine, Hawkesbury, Hobart (Tas edition)

Eye Catchers

Each week Paul Richards identifies horses from recent race meetings that he believes are ready to win. Here we update you when they are about to have their next start.

Caulfield Saturday - R1 N15 Portinari

Caulfield Saturday - R2 N2 Zouper Fund

Caulfield Saturday - R6 N7 Paddypie

Caulfield Saturday - R5 N2 Sir Atlas

Royal Randwick Saturday - R7 N9 Boniface

Royal Randwick Saturday - R9 N10 Mickey's Medal

Results

Letter of the Week

Storm in a teacup

What a strange kerfuffle about Craig Newitt’s eight-year-old son being banned from the jockeys’ room.
In what other workplace could one expect to be able to bring one’s school-age children?
The jockeys’ room is a space where elite athletes prepare for a dangerous competition in which fortunes are won and lost.
It’s not a daycare centre.
The fact that Craig and numerous other children of jockeys spent much of their formative years in jockeys’ rooms is not a persuasive argument.
There are many practices that were common in 1980s workplaces but have fallen out of use today, usually for good reason.
If, as Craig states, his son performs the duties of a valet — preparing and cleaning gear, etc — he should be paid as a valet and trained appropriately.
In the (albeit unlikely) event that a jockey’s child gets hurt in the jockeys’ room, who would pay?

Brenda McNeil
Bundoora (Vic)