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。

Gai Waterhouse will be hoping highly-touted galloper Our Desert Warrior can help tighten her stranglehold over the Spring features when he lines up in the fifth race at Warwick Farm today en-route to a possible Victoria Derby birth.

An array of international races will be run this weekend with a potential impact on the 2012 Melbourne spring carnival, none more significant than Sunday's Meguro Kinen in Japan.

Former Sydney Group winner Retrieve found his Australian form when the Godolphin stable produced him for a first-up win over 10 furlongs at Lingfield on Saturday.