Luke Sheehan

The old owner, and the new owners, of three-year-old gelding Without Compromise certainly came to a compromise.

Five-year-old gelding Good Luck Win hadn't been very well-named, until now.

It's become a bit of a tradition now - the annual 'what went on in racing' this year, and how can we compare it to a moment from The Simpsons (vintage era, naturally).

He's got some of the strongest formlines in Australia. He also hasn't won a race, despite having had 13 cracks under premier trainer Chris Waller.

Our review of racing around Australia on Saturday December 14, headlined by The Ingham at Randwick, Group racing at a wet Eagle Farm plus Melbourne racing on Caulfield's inner track.

We wrap up the action from Ascot on Saturday, which was headlined by the $1.5m Gold Rush - a race won by a prodigal son of WA, ridden by a jockey that snared a pick-up ride due to Willie Pike's unusual injury.

Here's a few things you might have missed in the wide world of racing over the past week.

For one reason or another, horses can rise to fame, or infamy, in the blink of an eye in the great game of racing.

Dual Melbourne Cup -winning trainer Joseph O'Brien has picked out his early 'horses to watch' for next year's Race that stops a nation in November.

He's had a dozen trials - if that's not a big enough red flag for you, wait until you've seen the assessment of those heats.