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The May Carnival at Warrnambool is about the party off-track as well as the racing on it but the horses have proven to be the stars this week.

James Cummings will no longer be the private trainer for Godolphin Australia come the start of the new horse racing season on August 1.

The eyes of the horse racing world were on Morphettville in Queensland and Ascot in Western Australia this weekend with both having top action.

There is a strong card at Flemington on Friday, Anzac Day, where Mr Brightside’s half-sister is in action in the second race of the afternoon.

Ciaron Maher took the big race on Saturday at Randwick with Jimmysstar. The five-year-old was adding the All-Aged win to his Oakleigh Plate.

Mr Brightside has been flown to Hong Kong for a tilt at the Champions Mile on what could turn out to be a special day for the Hayes family.

It was the ninth Group 1 win for Via Sistina in her career and her seventh of the season when she saluted in the Queen Elizabeth Stakes.

Retirement plans have been coming thick and fast this week, plus a story of a new trainer moving on from his brother to go it alone.

An autumn card with four Group 1 races on it, Randwick did not disappoint on Saturday afternoon even with a roughie winning the Doncaster.

British trainer William Haggas has an exceptional record when he sends his horses to Australia, a record he added to on Tuesday in the Tancred.