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The autumn emergence of gifted staying filly Pennyweka has presented Jim Wallace with an opportunity to return to the main stage in Australia.

Group One performer Andalus may get another chance at Derby glory as he settles into his new home in Australia.

Group One performer Andalus may get another chance at Derby glory as he settles into his new home in Australia.

Plenty of New Zealand’s thoroughbred nurseries were celebrating the elite-level success of their graduates at Randwick on Saturday and Haunui Farm were firmly in the mix.

Triple Group One winner Sharp ‘N’ Smart is ready to put his best foot forward when he contests Saturday’s A$2 million Gr.1 Australian Derby (2400m) at Randwick for trainers Graeme and Debbie Rogerson.

South Auckland trainers Peter and Dawn Williams have all but ruled out a hit-and-run Sydney finale to end Desert Lightning’s three-year-old season.

Te Akau Racing have confirmed that human error was responsible for the post-race positive result to meloxicam returned by top two-year-old Tokyo Tycoon following his victory in the Gr.1 Sistema Stakes (1200m) at Pukekohe on March 11.

Steven Cole isn’t sure how long he will have promising youngster There Goes My Hero in his care, but plans for a delayed step up to black-type company remain in place.

He’s A Doozy has come a long way in the last 12 months and is in the right order to add another feature race title to his burgeoning record on his home track at Awapuni on Saturday.

Fresh off celebrating one of his biggest successes in his burgeoning training career, Robert Wellwood will head to Randwick on Saturday in a bid to snare more elite-level glory.

Foxton trainer Chrissy Bambry has a quiet confidence ahead of Saturday’s Gr.1 Courtesy Ford Manawatu Sires’ Produce Stakes (1400m) where she will saddle last-start winner Chantilly Lace, who is currently a $21 prospect.

Connections of cult horse I’m Thunderstruck and racing fans alike are mourning the shock death of the baldy-faced son of Shocking.