Today at Te Rapa, the Adjudicative Committee of the Racing Integrity Board (RIB) found jockey Sam Weatherley guilty of reckless riding after a racing incident in Cambridge on 3 August 2022.

The connections of expat New Zealand gelding Regal Lion (NZ) (Jakkalberry) have circled the spring of 2023 as the time to target some of Australia’s staying showpieces, but a powerful performance at Sandown on Sunday has given them something to think about in 2022.

Mick Price was left slightly disappointed after stable star I’m Thunderstruck (NZ) (Shocking) finished fourth in the Gr.1 Underwood Stakes (1800m) at Sandown on Sunday.

Mr Brightside’s (NZ) (Bullbars) three-race winning sequence ended in Sunday’s Gr.1 Underwood Stakes (1800m) at Sandown, but co-trainer Ben Hayes wasn’t dwelling on the rare defeat afterwards.

Graham Richardson is hoping for the perfect homecoming for Defibrillate when he contests the Gr.1 Arrowfield Stud Plate (1600m) at Hastings on Saturday.

Waikato Stud homebred I Wish I Win (NZ) (Savabeel) confirmed his status as a rising star of Australian racing with a freakish off-the-canvas victory in Sunday’s Listed Tile Importer Testa Rossa Stakes (1300m) at Sandown.

Local trainer Brett Scott hopes Saturday’s Victorian metropolitan meeting at Mornington can reignite the spark in his veteran galloper Irish Flame (NZ) (Zed).

They might’ve missed out on playing finals footy, but there was some small tonic for a bunch of Port Adelaide players with South Australian galloper Not Usual Glorious (Fiorente) leading all the way to take out the Benalla Cup (2046m) on Friday

Roger James has successfully plundered some of Sydney’s biggest carnival races during his training career and while his spring plans for Queensland Derby winner Pinarello (NZ) (Tavistock) are modest, he hopes to up the ante in the future.

I’m Thunderstruck (NZ) (Shocking0 is ticking all the boxes for his trainers Mick Price and Michael Kent Jnr as he progresses towards his spring goal of the Cox Plate.