Selections and best bets from Chris Scholtz for the Hawkesbury Cup meeting on May 2 plus Trial Watch and Blackbook runners.

Tim O’Connor has done the form for Friday night at Melton.

The maestro David Payne can engineer an upset result with luckless mare Shohisha in the Group 3 $250,000 Hawkesbury Gold Cup (1600m) at Hawkesbury on Saturday.

Fresh off her Group 1 Sandgroper triumph in Western Australia, Canya Excite Me has stamped herself as the one to beat for the 2026 Sportsbet Warrnambool Cup.

Busan Race 1: Class 6 (1200M) Special Weight A / KRW 30 Million

Inter Dominion Grand Final placegetter Keayang Stuka is back on the trail of the sport’s Holy Grail after his first up all the way win in the Bendigo Locksmiths Free For All Trot on Saturday night.

Unbeaten 2yo Aristopolos will be the star attraction at the final night meeting for the season in Launceston on Friday.

Sometimes a good horse emerges from the Japan Racing Association Plate run at Randwick on Saturday.

Ryan Phelan takes aim at tonight’s 6-race card from Cranbourne harness.

Trainer and jockey quotes after Idle Flyer takes out the Group 2 Schweppes Emancipation Stakes at Rosehill on Saturday.

Aeliana finally gets her chance over the classic distance again when she contests the Group 1 $1.5 million Tancred Stakes (2400m) at Rosehill Gardens today.

Persian Wonder, the only yearling trainer David Payne purchased at the Inglis Easter Sale last year, is chasing a breakthrough win in the Group 3 $250,000 The Baillieu (1400m) at Rosehill Gardens on Saturday.

Champion jockey Kerrin McEvoy has picked up the prized ride on boom colt Autumn Boy in the Group 1 $4 million Doncaster Mile (1600m).