Newcastle trainer Kris Lees will attempt to win two Newmarket Handicaps in different states within 24 hours this week.

Barriers have impacted heavily on the 2018 Doomben Roses at Doomben on Saturday.

Last Saturday’s impressive Rosehill juvenile winner Gem Song will not be heading to Queensland for the Brisbane carnival.

Leading Newcastle trainer will cast his net far and wide this weekend with runners as far afield as the Gold Coast and Flemington.

Victoria’s Larneuk Stud may need to rethink their intentions for young stallion Ilovethiscity after he became a Group One sire with the shock win of his 2YO filly El Dorado Dreaming at Randwick on Saturday.