As his fellow Hawkesbury trainers missed out on getting starts at home, Blake Ryan made the trip to Goulburn – and came up trumps.

Chad Ormsby was immediately taken when he first viewed Cyber Patch and quickly made up his mind to purchase the good-looking son of Ocean Park.

Racing and Sports highlight our standout plays at Australian TAB meetings for September 23.

Well-related filly Lilac has wasted little time in adding valuable black type to her CV, landing Saturday’s A$175,000 Listed NJT Jim Moloney Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield in only the fourth start of her career.

Track Good 4 and rail out 4m from 900m to 300m & True the remainder:

Mudgee’s performed all-rounder David J Smith might be vastly outnumbered by the bigger regional stables at Monday’s bumper Narromine TAB meeting but he’s upbeat about the prospects of bargain buy Simply Better at value odds.

An in-depth look at the chances of every runner in the Group 2 $1 million Yarraman Park Shorts (1100m) at Royal Randwick on Saturday.

Racing and Sports highlight our standout plays at Australian TAB meetings for September 15.

Sunday’s eagerly anticipated Great Northern meeting at Te Rapa could provide a fitting end to a big week for Matamata trainer Jessica Brosnan.

Progressive sprinter Navigator produced one of the standout performances of the meeting at Hastings on Saturday, continuing his formidable fresh-up record in the Vet Services Equine Hawke’s Bay Premier (1200m).

Matt Cartwright announced his arrival among the top echelon of New Zealand’s jockeys with a stunning treble on the opening day of the Hawke’s Bay Spring Carnival at Hastings on Saturday, culminating in a giant-killing Group One win with Grail Seeker in the Tarzino Trophy (1400m).

Selections based on a good track

Australian jockey Kyle Wilson-Taylor reckoned a favourable barrier will be the key to Golden Monkey’s chances of winning in the $300,000 Group 1 Queen Elizabeth II Cup (1800m) on Saturday.