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Group 1 racing returns to Melbourne for the first time since March with the running of this Saturday's Memsie Stakes at Caulfield.

Among the stars on show will be reigning champ Treasurethe Moment, fan favourite Mr Brightside, Cox Plate runner-up Buckaroo and rising star Angel Capital.

The Cockram, McNeil, Heath 1100 and Heatherlie are the support acts at Caulfield, while in Sydney the action is at Rosehill, where the three-year-olds duke it out in the San Domenico (1100m) and Up And Coming (1300m).

Our coverage kicks off on Friday with fields, colours and tips for all seven TAB meetings.

The metro racing this Saturday is at Caulfield in Melbourne, Rosehill in Sydney, Morphettville in SA, Eagle Farm in Brisbane and Belmont in Perth.

Winning Post carries full-colour liftout guides for all those meetings plus Warracknabeal (Vic/SA edition), Kembla Grange (NSW edition) and Cairns (Qld edition), as well as fields, tips, ratings and/or colours for other TAB Saturday cards.

On Sunday we've got liftout formguides for three more TAB meetings as well as fields, ratings, tips and colours for a stack more Sunday.

Don't forget Winning Post now carries trackwork reports for all four Melbourne training tracks, all three in Sydney, Morphettville in Adelaide and a general Brisbane report.

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Inside Winning Post August 29 edition you'll find liftout form guides for:

Saturday:

Sandown, Randwick, Morphettville, Eagle Farm, Belmont, Mildura (Vic/SA/Tas edition), Hawkesbury (NSW edition), Gold Coast (Qld edition)

Sunday:

Bendigo, Moree, Gundagai

Eye Catchers

Each week Paul Richards identifies horses from recent race meetings that he believes are ready to win. Here we update you when they are about to have their next start.

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Letter of the Week

Another great plate

Matt Stewart (“A good story, Well Written,” 15/8) says the greatest race run on Australian soil was the Cox Plate clash between Bonecrusher and Our Waverley Star, calling it the Race of the Century.
I suggest that there was another race that could challenge his choice for that title.
It took place in March 1960 at Flemington. The Queen’s Plate over 10 furlongs (2000m) was an epic struggle between Tulloch, returning after two years recovering from a life-threatening illness, and the Victorian champion Lord.
They settled down to a head-and-head contest for the length of the famous straight. Tulloch was victorious by a short half-head, to the delight of the crowd.
I was in my teen years and was fortunate enough to be on course to witness what I regard as the best race I’ve seen over many decades of racecourse attendance.
Given it took place so many years ago, this battle has virtually been lost in the mists of time.
I’m not aware whether there is any film of the magnificent contest. If there is, it should be shown on occasions to pay due tribute to these magnificent thoroughbreds.

Bill Pimm
Mentone (Vic)