Super Saturday delivered one of the great autumn weekends. Michael Felgate is joined by Brent Zerafa and Shark to unpack all the action from Flemington, Randwick, and New Zealand — plus a full Adelaide Cup preview with John Kelton. Craig Newitt gets up on Caballus to claim a record fourth Newmarket Handicap, his first Group 1 since 2016, after Hugh Bowman couldn't make the weight. Tentyris ran well under 57kg but the inside rail bias proved decisive — and the boys ask what's next for the boom colt after an atrial fibrillation scare post-race. Tom Kitten becomes the first horse to win back-to-back All-Star Miles for Godolphin and the Freedman operation, with Craig Williams timing the run perfectly to hold off Evaporate and Pride of Jenni. The panel debates whether the field quality matched the occasion. In Sydney, Sheza Alibi destroyed the colts in the Randwick Guineas to deliver Luke Nolen his 2000th career winner — the first filly to beat the boys in that race since Mosheen in 2012. Peter Moody and Katherine Coleman may now spell her for the spring. James McDonald rode six winners from eight rides including Joliestar's Canterbury Stakes win. Eternal Warrior is out of the Golden Slipper with a suspensory injury — the panel reassesses the two-year-old picture after Paradoxium and Cheyenne took out the Todman and Riesling. BZ questions whether either should be this far ahead of Streisand and Closer To Free. The boys also get stuck into Australia's black type pattern — 76 Group 1s, 604 stakes races — and whether the system needs a serious overhaul before the Asian Pattern Committee steps in. John Kelton joins for an Adelaide Cup preview. Can Barclay Square create history lugging 59.5kg? Plus tips for Morphettville and Warrnambool. Listen to The Verdict with Michael Felgate every weekday on Racing.com, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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