72 starters disqualified, owners off the hook

Assistant trainer Stuart Webb rates Victorian filly Red Typhoon as a value chance to repel the Kiwi invasion in the Queenland Oaks at Eagle Farm.

Hong Kong galloper Green Birdie, who beat Rocket Man in the 2010 Singapore Group 1 KrisFlyer International Sprint will be prepared by Caulfield trainer Tony Vasil for the upcoming spring.

Apprentice Tom Sadler, son of prominent trainer John Sadler, landed his first metropolitan winner when he guided Lordoftheparrots to victory.

Robert Smerdon Aquanita's longest serving and most successful trainer today took the stable to its 3000th winner.