The Australian Guineas and Australian Cup will be run next Saturday after a freak hail storm washed out the two Group 1 races at Flemington on Saturday. Hail storms swept through Melbourne shortly before 3pm forcing the cancellation of the day's remaining races. "I've never seen anything like this in 20 years of racing," champion jockey Damien Oliver said. "The ice and surface water doesn't look safe for racing." However, one Group 1 race did go ahead with Wanted saluting in the Newmarket Handicap. The Peter Moody trained three-year-old led all the way to claim the victory ahead of Eagle Falls and Starspangledbanner.

Respected trainer Pat Hyland believes his consistent mare Zarita is the forgotten horse in this year's $1 million Australian Cup. Hyland, who won Victoria's premier autumn weight-for-age event on three occasions as a jockey, believes his five-year-old mare is going into this year's Group One Australian Cup (2000m) in far better shape than last year when she ran a gallant fourth - beaten by just a length-and-a-half by Niconero. And with this year's event certainly no stronger than last year's, it is shaping as the most open Australian Cup in years with the Mick Price-trained Heart of Dreams currently at the top of betting at $6.50.

Raging Crown Guineas favourite Denman has drawn the widest barrier in the nine-horse field for Saturday's $1 million Group One race at Flemington. The son of 2004 Australian Cup winner Lonhro is looking to make it 10 wins from 12 starts but will need some favours after drawing barrier nine, while his chief rivals, Set For Fame (1) and Linton (8) received more favourable alleys. Denman, currently quoted at $1.55, is expected to lead the race but will have a task getting across the field from the wide barrier. Linton ($6.

Surprise St George Stakes winner La Rocket is out of Saturday's $1 million Australian Cup. The five-year-old gelding has been ruled out one of the three Group One races on Super Saturday at Flemington with a leg injury. Trained by Dale Sutton, La Rocket burst into Australian Cup contention when he scored a surprise win in the traditional lead-in event - the 1800 metres Group Two St George at Caulfield on February 20 - leaving most of his Australian Cup rivals in his wake.

Typhoon Tracy has proven her mettle by taking out the Futurity Stakes (1600m) by two lengths at Caulfield on Saturday. The clear pre-race favourite was paying $1.50 in the lead-up and looked largely untroubled as she cleared away from the rest of the field in the home straight to win comfortably from Dao Dao ($2.80) and Sniper's Bullet ($2.20). The Peter Moody-trained horse looked comfortable from the outset, sitting just off the pace even as the tempo slowed at the 700m mark. But as they turned into the straight Typhoon Tracey showed her true class to blow away her weight-for-age rivals and notch up another group one win for jockey Luke Nolen.