Group racing returned at Royal Randwick on Saturday, and improving galloper Schwarz took out the feature Missile Stakes (1200m).

It has been a long and winding road back to the races for Golden Rose placegetter Coastwatch.

Trainer Sara Ryan's decision to split smart stablemates New Forest and Aix En Provence could see her stable land an early double blow at Kembla Grange on Saturday.

Flashy grey Much Much Better doesn’t know it but if he’s able to win the 2024 TAB Karaka Million Handicap (1300m) at Newcastle on Saturday it will cause trainer Sara Ryan to wonder whether she should have rolled the dice in The Hunter.

An in-depth look at the chances of every runner in Saturday's $1 million Newcastle Herald Hunter (1300m) at Newcastle.