The Queensland thoroughbred code is set to enjoy a stakes raise from next month with minimum Saturday metropolitan prize money to increase to $75,000 per race.

Reductions to the minimum ratings for all categories of PP permits with immediate effect.

New $100,000 Midway Race to be added to metropolitan Saturday race meetings

Racing and Sports' Adam Blencowe previews the opening day of Newmarket's July Festival highlighted by the Group 2 Princess Of Wales Stakes.

There's a whiff of Wales about Hawkbill. Seeing is believing, and the progressive punches above their perceived weight is in the record books, but they're still to meet their Waterloo, more than a hunch that a proper rival will make a short story out of the fairytale.