A host of stakes races were conducted over the weekend in Melbourne before their carnival gets into full swing from next month.

A long weekend and a long wait for the best bet of it, with Tried And Tired highly fancied to take out the Dillon Stakes at Sandown on Monday.

高多芬领头驯马师约翰·奥谢在周二弗莱明顿赛场上又有一两岁马冠军，「拂晓之前」出战处女赛，赢得阿联酋航空盾赛(G3 Emirates Airline Plate)。「拂晓之前」不但是奥谢本赛季的第七匹级别/表列赛冠军马，也是第四匹两岁马冠军。

Godolphin trainer John O’Shea produced another exciting two-year-old winner at Flemington on Tuesday when Antelucan, a daughter of Victorian-based sire Domesday, recorded a dominant debut win in the G3 Emirates Airline Plate.

Reparations wins 2014 Mss Security Sprint Listed $150,000 at Flemington (VIC), 1200m.