Trainer Danny Williams rates Bandi’s Boy his best prospect for a couple of years to give the Country Championships a shake and he’s using Tuesday’s $250,000 Barn Dance (1300m) at Royal Randwick to ground the lightly raced horse.

Matthew Dale has trained his final city winner from his Canberra stable.

Tyler Schiller has celebrated his birthday by landing the biggest win of his career aboard Front Page in The Kosciuszko.

The eight tradies from Grafton who together won a slot in the $2 million The Kosciuszko and selected Fender to run for them are coming to town for the big race at Randwick on Saturday – and they’re not planning on running second, third, fourth or anywhere else further down the track.

After a start in the Tatt's Tiara was ruled out, Joe Pride opted to set Threeood another black-type target.