The stars will be out in force at Randwick this Saturday for the opening of Australian racing's richest carnival.

Day one of The Championships features Le Romain aiming to grab a fourth Group 1 in the Doncaster Mile. The speedsters match motors in the T.J. Smith Stakes, the staying three-year-olds duke it out in the ATC Australian Derby and the two-year-olds clash in the Inglis Sires ... and that's just the Group 1s.

There's quality and big cash on offer right through the 10-race card.

Elsewhere, there's another 10-race card at Bendigo, which takes centre stage in Victoria for Golden Mile day.

Our form coverage kicks off on Friday with full form guides for the Cranbourne night meeting, plus the daytime action at Wangaratta and Lismore as well as fields, colours and selections for Sapphire Coast, Rockhampton and Ipswich.

The metro racing this Saturday is at Bendigo in Victoria, Randwick in Sydney, Morphettville in Adelaide, Eagle Farm in Brisbane and Ascot in Perth.

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

On Sunday we've got liftout formguides for four more TAB meetings, plus fields, ratings, tips and colours for a stack more Sunday and Monday programs.

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

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

Our readers have their say on page 6, while elsewhere in the paper 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.

Winning Post costs $5 and is available Thursday afternoon in selected Melbourne newsagents, the crack of dawn Friday elsewhere.