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The season is almost over (and the calendar is coming in a fortnight) but the two-year-olds get one last chance at group glory this Saturday in the Group 3 SA Sires' Produce Stakes (1400m) at Morphettville.

The race will allow a promising youngster to add valuable juvenile black type to their pedigree page and is sure to attract interest from interstate as well as SA stables.

There's an interesting two-year-old race at Flemington, too, with the Byerley Handicap (1800m) offering ballot-free entry to the Victoria Derby or Oaks for the winner. The ill-fated Arcora won last year's Byerley, then went on to run second in the derby in spring. The other highlights at Flemington are the Deane Lester Flemington Cup 1849 for the stayers and the final of the Rising Stars apprentice series.

The Sydney action returns to Rosehill for the Winter Challenge, while they're back at Doomben in Brisbane. In the west, the feature is the Belmont Classic.

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

The metro racing this Saturday is at Flemington in Melbourne, Rosehill in Sydney, Morphettville in SA, Doomben in Brisbane and Belmont in Perth.

Winning Post carries full-colour liftout guides for all those meetings plus bet365 Mildura (Vic/SA edition), Gosford (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 Hobart 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, six Victorian districts, SA and Tasmania.

Our readers have their say on page 4, while further back in the book Shane Templeton reminisces, Paul Richards presents his unique take on the sport, Tony Kneebone brings you his Snippets column 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 2nd

Caulfield Saturday - R2 N2 Zouper Fund 9th

Caulfield Saturday - R6 N7 Paddypie 8th

Caulfield Saturday - R5 N2 Sir Atlas 100th

Royal Randwick Saturday - R7 N9 Boniface 2nd

Royal Randwick Saturday - R9 N10 Mickey's Medal 1st

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)