This week in Winning Post

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The Group 1 action heads to Queensland for the first time this season on Saturday as the elite sprinters match motors over 1200 metres in the Doomben 10,000, where Victorian-trained superstar I Wish I Win will be looking to break a 13-month drought.

Support races at Doomben include the Group 2 Spirit Of Boom Classic for the two-year-olds, the Group 3 Rough Habit Plate for three-year-olds, the Group 3 Chairman's Handicap for the middle-distance types and two listed races.

Scone takes centre stage in NSW with the running of five stakes races led by the Group 3 Dark Jewel, while the Victorian winter series heats continue as racing returns to Flemington.

In the west, it's opening day at Belmont.

Our form coverage kicks off on Friday with a full form guide for the Cranbourne night meeting, plus fields, colours, previews and tips for a stack more Friday meetings.

The metro racing this Saturday is at Flemington in Melbourne, Scone in NSW, Morphettville in Adelaide, Doomben in Brisbane and Belmont in Perth.

Winning Post carries full-colour liftout guides for all those meetings plus bet365 Echuca (Vic/SA edition), Kembla Grange (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 including cup days at Casterton and Parkes (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, 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.

Winning Post costs $6.00 and is available Thursday afternoon online ($5), the crack of dawn Friday in shops.

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Inside Winning Post May 18 edition you'll find liftout form guides for:
Friday:
Cranbourne
Saturday:
Sandown, Randwick, Murray Bridge, Doomben, Belmont, Wodonga (Vic/SA edition), Newcastle (NSW edition), Gold Coast (Qld edition)
Sunday:
Ballarat, bet365 Mildura, Gunnedah, Hobart (Tas edition)
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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.

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Paul Richards introduces a fun formula each week designed to come up with the odd winner for those looking for a small interest or to see if systems really work. On this page he subjects Saturday's fields to one of those systems: