Breaking

• Dual Group One winner Littorio retired

  Dual Group One winner Littorio has been retired just eight days after a successful return from a long injury lay-off.

   
• Jason Maskiell returns positive drug test

  Former top apprentice Jason Maskiell will front stewards next week after returning a positive drug test.

   
• Randwick trackwork to go ahead

  Trackwork at Sydney’s Randwick racecourse will go ahead this month but race meetings and barrier trial sessions set down for the track have had to be moved ahead of the planned return for Epsom day.

   
• Facts about the Golden Rose

  Some facts about the Group One $1 million Golden Rose (1400m) at Rosehill on Saturday.

   
• Delago’s Lad dies after gallop

  Promising three-year-old Delago’s Lad has dropped dead following a track gallop at Mornington on Tuesday.

   
• Kathy O’Hara suspended at the Farm

  Kathy O’Hara will miss George Main Stakes day after being suspended for careless riding at Warwick Farm on Saturday.

   
• Jim Cassidy to miss Wyong Cup

  Jim Cassidy has been ruled out of Friday’s Wyong Gold Cup meeting due to a hand injury and will have to pass a doctor’s examination before he can ride at Warwick Farm on Saturday.

   
• Randwick meeting moved over stand concern

  The Chelmsford Stakes race meeting set down for Randwick on Saturday has been transferred to Warwick Farm due to a structural problem with the main grandstand.

   
• More Joyous wins Rosehill trial

  More Joyous has ramped up her spring carnival preparations with a pleasing barrier trial win at Rosehill on Tuesday.

   
• Americain topweight for 2011 Caulfield Cup

  French star Americain heads weights for this year’s Caulfield Cup.

   
• Plenty to Think about at Leopardstown

  So You Think is set to go off the prohibitive favourite for the Irish Champion Stakes at Leopardstown on Saturday after just six runners stood their ground at the confirmation stage.

   
• Dwayne Dunn beats careless riding ban

  Dwayne Dunn is free to ride at Flemington on Saturday after winning his appeal against a careless riding suspension.

   
• Top-class field for “old” Mudgway Stakes

  There will be plenty of interest across the Tasman on Saturday with seven Group One winners set to clash in the Makfi Challenge Stakes at Hastings.

   
• NSW jockey disqualified

  A country-based jockey has been disqualified for improper conduct, a Racing NSW statement said.

   
• Goulburn loses Monday meeting

  Goulburn’s Monday race meeting is the latest casualty of heavy rain in NSW, being called off after a track inspection.

   
• Mark Riley faces two bicarb investigations

  Mornington trainer Mark Riley is being investigated about elevated TCO2 readings returned by two of his horses, one in Victoria and one in South Australia.

   
• Vet test for Ilovethiscity

  Group One winner Ilovethiscity will undergo a veterinary inspection on Friday afternoon to determine whether he is fit to take his place in Saturday’s Warwick Stakes.

   
• Online bookmaker refunds bets on Cedarberg

  Online bookmaker sportsbet.com.au has refunded all bets on Cedarberg for the Spring after the Pat Carey-trained gelding died of a heart attack following a track gallop at Moonee Valley this morning.

   
• Cups contender drops dead

  The BMW winner Cedarberg collapsed and died after a routine trackwork gallop on Tuesday morning.

   
• Brett Poulus outed for 18 months

  Jockey Brett Poulus has been suspended for 18 months after testing positive to banned substances in June.