Experienced Hawkesbury trainer Terry Croft has successfully travelled all over the countryside this year to win races with his mare Zoutastic.

Racing and Sports highlight our standout plays at Australian TAB meetings for December 5.

It’s been almost 30 years since former Victorian trainer Jim Mason hit the big time by winning the Group 1 Caulfield Cup with Arctic Scent.

After last defeat, the 12-time winner shows good form in his morning gallop on Dec 2

Caspar Fownes accelerated a familiar title push with a double at Happy Valley on Wednesday night (3 December) as the four-time Hong Kong champion trainer edged to within three wins of Mark Newnham at the top of the standings.

Ex-Godolphin gelding Hanau is the latest tried horse to step out for Mark Minervini.

Melek has relished the 1600m journey to score a strong debut win at Caulfield Heath.

Dalby trainer Philip Minter will head to Gatton on Friday hopeful his six-year-old gelding Amenophis can finally shed his perennial placegetter tag.

Nearing 100 career wins in Hong Kong, championship-leading trainer Mark Newnham is hoping to convert on Wednesday (3 December) at Happy Valley when Lunar Dash (135lb) takes his place in the second section of the Class 4 Tai Tam Handicap (1200m).

Prominent owner breeder Felizardo “Jun” Sevilla, last week produced two outstanding Australian imports at the Padre Garcia track, with Justice Prevails winning a 3YO and Above Maiden over 1200 meters on Friday night, and Repertory a runaway winner in the 3YO and Above Maiden over 1400 meters on Sunday.

Teenager Abbey Vidovich is a rising star in WA harness racing, and she maintained her dazzling form in the sulky at Gloucester Park on Friday night when she drove Dame Valour to a smart all-the-way victory in the $27,000 Retravision Lowest Price Guarantee Pace over 2130m.

Hobby trainer Brent Gray was a coal miner in a past life and is hoping to strike gold when he heads to Ipswich on Wednesday.

Returning to top form in emphatic fashion, Hong Lok Golf continued Harry Bentley’s bountiful string of lucrative wins this season with success in the HK$3.12 million Class 2 Handicap (1600m) at Sha Tin on Sunday (30 November).

Clean One pulled off one of the most comprehensive demolition jobs in Korean racing history at Seoul Racecourse on Sunday.