The Queensland carnival action heads out of town this Saturday for Ipswich Cup day and locals are fired up to get back to the biggest social occasion on the town's calendar.

The Eye Liner Stakes for the sprinters, the Gai Waterhouse Classic for the fillies and mares and the Winter Provincial Stayers Final are among the support acts on a strong metro card.

Elswhere, it's Creswick Stakes/David Bourke day at Flemington and McKell Cup day at Rosehill.

You'll find Australia's best form guide for Saturday's Flemington, Rosehill, Ipswich and Morphettville Parks meetings in this week's Best Bets.

On pages 4 and 5 you'll find four-state selections from some of the nation's leading form analysts as well as our popular Black Bookers, Sectional Stars and Video Stars features.

Best Bets ($6) is on sale Thursday morning in NSW newsagents, Friday elsewhere.