Victorian trainer Ciaron Maher has never been to Canberra and he thinks he's never had a runner there either.
His celebrations are becoming legendary,so if both of Andrew Mills'horses get up on Sunday look out Canberra Racing - you might need a new grandstand.
Former leading jockey John Scorse provides all the tips you need to enjoy a big day out at Canberra's biggest day's racing of the year,Black Opal Stakes Day.
Prepare your autumnal hues - rich reds,emerald greens and burnt orange - for the fierce competition at the 2019 event.
Tony Prinitis only ever wanted to own half of Sausedge. The other half he wanted to share with his mate Robert Heyblok.
Time flies. He only has three or four horses in work,but legendary Queanbeyan trainer Frank Cleary is still chasing the Black Opal dream.
"I would have been ecstatic with three in a row,"co-owner Debbie Kepitis said of her 31-wins-and-counting wonder horse Winx.
Canberra Racing chief executive Andrew Clark will take quality over quantity every day of the week.
It's rare for a horse to have raced in three Melbourne Cups. It's even rarer for that horse to then run in the Canberra Cup as well.
Peter Snowden has his sights set on another Black Opal and then he'll Hightail it to the Golden Slipper.
He unlocked the code to winning the Black Opal Stakes last year with Encryption,now James Cummings is considering having two runners to help go back-to-back.