Queensland metro racing moves south this weekend for the running of the Gold Coast Stakes which looks another very intriguing sprint race.

Queens Park Rangers captain Joey Barton has been handed a 12-match ban for two counts of violent conduct in the final Premier League game of the season.

Whale Caputre, a lovely grey horse, has never finished worth than fifth place but did not have too many "1" s before her name.

Whale Capture placed in all three legs of last season's fillies' triple crown, got her due G1 win in the $US2.3 million Victoria Mile in Tokyo on Sunday, foilinbg another G1 win for Australian jockey Craig Williams aboard the runner-up Donau Blue.

Craig Williams, currently enjoying a mini-season in Japan, will be aboard Donau Blue, who was beaten at Nakayama but won her 2 starts before that.