A sharp drop back in grade should see the Luke Griffiths trained Double Halo return to the winner's stall this afternoon when he lines up in the third race at Scone.

Samantha Stosur has secured Australia's elevation to the Fed Cup World Group with a 6-4 6-1 win over Germany's Andrea Petkovic in Stuttgart.

Roger Federer is hoping to recapture the emotion of Switzerland's 2001 Davis Cup victory over the United States when they meet again this weekend.

Tamworth trainer Mark Mason hopes the engagement of senior rider Peter Graham might be the key to Emotional Outburst breaking a frustrating run of second placings in Saturday's Glen Innes Cup.

In-form galloper Usain Prince can bring up a hat-trick of wins in today's ATAC Handicap (race 7) at Tamworth.