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BetVictor Gold Cup hero Baron Alco remains on course for a rare double as he features among 18 five-day confirmations for the £130,000 G3 Caspian Caviar Gold Cup at Cheltenham on Saturday,

Hong Kong Jockey Club stewards' advised on Monday that UK jockey William Buick has lodged a notice of his intention to appeal against the severity of the penalty of suspension from riding in races from 17 December 2018 to 27 January 2019 and a fine of $20,000 imposed by the Hong Kong Racing Stewards

A pictorial of the 2018 LONGINES Hong Kong International Races.

The Kevin Attard-trained seven-year-olds Pumpkin Rumble and Melmich provided an exciting finish to the 2018 stakes season at Woodbine with the former fending off the latter in the Grade 3 Valedictory on Sunday.

With another promising filly in her care, trainer Catherine Day Phillips won the $125,000 Ontario Lassie Stakes for the second consecutive year as Artilena prevailed in the 1-1/16 mile main track event co-featured on Sunday afternoon at Woodbine Racetrack.

Superstar Karaka graduate Beauty Generation (NZ) (Road to Rock) has produced another breath-taking performance, brilliantly defending his title in Sunday’s HK$25 million Group 1 Longines Hong Kong Mile (1600m) at Sha Tin.

All eyes were on Muntazah, runner-up in the 2018 Godolphin Mile (G2) on the Dubai World Cup card on his previous outing and one of the 15 runners in Sunday’s 1600m Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan National Day Cup (Listed) for Thoroughbreds at the Abu Dhabi Equestrian Club

In the United States, it was a good weekend for trainer Gausto Gutierrez in the Caribbean Classic at Gulfstream Park and a great weekend for trainer Bob Baffert's 2-year-olds in California. Those outcomes, of course, were both odds-on.

Preview for Woodbine Entertainment Group's 10 race programme featuring the $125,000 added-money features, the Grade 3 Valedictory and Ontario Lassie Stakes at Woodbine on Sunday - selections by Jim Bannon - the 10 race programme commences at 1.00pm Canadian EDT, 5.00am AEST Monday in Australia. Races 7 to 11 are broadcast on Sky Racing commencing at 8.07am AEST Monday morning on Sky Racing2 and from 9.40am AEST on Sky Racing1

Sir Winston forged to the lead in the final turn and held off a familiar foe to earn his first stakes victory in the $100,000 Display for two-year-old's on Saturday at Woodbine Racetrack.

With respect to the undercard – third Saint Calvados and last-placed Sceau Royal – the Tingle Creek bout between reigning champion Altior, unbeaten in nine previous chases, and Un De Sceaux, the 2016 race winner, served up another mesmerising encounter.

Legendary jockey Lester Piggott remains in hospital with doctors monitoring his condition, although on Saturday the 83-year-old was reported to be "in pretty good form".

Deputise (William Haggas/Tom Marquand, 4/1) qualified for All-Weather Championships Finals Day when successful in the £14,000 Ladbrokes Conditions Race at Wolverhampton on Saturday