Champion jockey Hugh Bowman faces a dilemma to select his Melbourne Cup ride after riding the import Tiberian in a track gallop at Werribee on Tuesday.

With the season’s Group 1 racing almost at an end, early punters are turning their attention to the spring feature races where Winx is expected to be the pin-up girl again.

Classy stayer Amralah will not race this autumn.

The stars of the 2015 spring carnival are set to renew hostilities at Flemington on Super Saturday on March 12 following the closure of nominations for a trio of autumn features.

Robert Hickmott, the private trainer for leading owner Lloyd Williams, has been fined $8500 by Adelaide stewards after an inquiry into a positive drug test taken from spring carnival winner Amralah.