The Queensland carnival heads for the Sunshine Coast this Saturday with the Group 3 Winx Guineas heading a top-quality card. The Guineas famously kicked off the winning streak of the horse it's named after, and a promising contender this year is the Paul Messara and Leah Gavranich-trained Autumn King.

Other features on the Sunshine Coast card are the Caloundra Cup for the stayers, the Glasshouse Handicap for the black-type sprinters and the Provincial Sprinters Series Final.

Speaking of finals, there's a quality-packed card at Flemington for finals day. All nine races are finals, with four at listed level: the Winter Championship for the older milers, the Santa Ana Lane final for the older sprinters, the Creswick final for the three-year-old sprinters and the Taj Rossi final for the two-year-old milers.

Plenty of good gallopers have announced their arrival on finals day over the years.

The Winter Stakes (1400m) is the feature at Rosehill, while SA racing heads back to Murray Bridge.

You'll find Australia's best form guide for Saturday's Flemington, Rosehill, Sunshine Coast and Murray Bridge 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 ($7) is on sale Thursday morning in NSW newsagents, Friday elsewhere.