Goodwood hosts an exciting day of action on Friday including two Listed contests, the 1m2f Height Of Fashion Stakes and the 1m3f Cocked Hat Stakes.

There’ll be no excuses for Philipsburg on the score of fitness from trainer James Ponsonby as he tries to force his way into the Newhaven Park Country Championships Final via Sunday’s $50,000 Wild Card (1400m) at Scone.

Trainer Michelle Ritchie has had to leave nothing to chance to ensure her stable star Blue Missile is ready to fire when he takes his place in Sunday’s $150,000 Newhaven Park South East Provincial Championships (1400m) at Nowra.

The $1.3 million The Kosciuszko is Michelle Ritchie’s target for five-year-old Blue Missile, but the gelding almost never made it to the track.

As tickets go on sale for this year’s $1.3m The Kosciuszko, Nowra trainer Michelle Ritchie is hoping someone out there is a fan of her front-running sprinter Blue Missile.