Emerging chaser Phaze Action heads the betting for the $100,000 Brierly Steeplechase on the opening day of the huge Warrnambool Carnival on Tuesday.

Honest galloper Italian Machine looks hard to hold out down in the weights in today's Vic Hotel Handicap (race 6) at Warrnambool.

Promising galloper Smarty Mac can kick off his autumn campaign with a win in today's Prosec Handicap (race 6) at Warrnambool.

Uxorious will miss Flemington's $150,000 All Victorian Sprint Series Final (1200m) on Saturday with trainer Matthew Williams believing the Listed Sir John Monash Stakes (1100m) at Caulfield a week later will better suit the lightly raced sprinter.