On the eve of the blockbuster Karaka Millions twilight race meeting and the Karaka 2024 National Yearling Sales, an exciting three-year-old sourced from the New Zealand Bloodstock sale ring made a bold black-type statement on the other side of the Tasman.

Racing and Sports have scanned the stewards’ reports to find the key information punters need to know from Australian racing on Wednesday August 31.

Randwick trainer John Sargent is hoping to make another successful north coast assault on Sunday with his first starter in the $80,000 Taree Cup.

Trainer Kris Lees has no qualms about Express Power handling the course when she starts in the $30,000 De Bortoli Wines La Gioconda on the first day of the Wyong Cup carnival on Sunday.