Overview
- The $3 million Randwick mile produced the same quinella as last year, with Vivy Air again runner-up and Lugh third to complete a Ciaron Maher sweep.
- Rawiller kept the topweight tucked behind the speed before forcing a run at the 200m and drawing clear to win by 1¼ lengths.
- Gringotts had been ruled out of a King Charles III Stakes campaign after poor blood results and missed lead-up runs, prompting the switch to the Big Dance.
- Vivy Air and Lugh hold nominations for Saturday’s $2 million Five Diamonds at Rosehill, with connections indicating both could back up.
- Chris Waller’s Osipenko claimed the $750,000 Little Dance and is likely to progress to The Gong at Kembla Grange later this month.