A rare combination between trainer Stephen Burridge and jockey Barend Vorster paid dividends on Sunday when the well-tried Devil’s Cut scored a decisive win in the $75,000 Class 3 race over 1100m on Polytrack.

Champion jockey Joao Moreira was left stranded on 199 wins for the 2012 season after riding a double on Friday night.

Speedster Emerald Hill provided Saifudin Ismail with the perfect birthday present when successful in the $65,000 Graduation Stakes over 1000m on the Polytrack on Friday night.

​Following his impressive debut win, Emerald Hill is bound to have his fair share of admirers when he lines up in Friday night's $65,000 Graduation race (1000m) over Polytrack, but trainer John O'Hara for one will be sweating more over whether he does not get up to his pre-race antics again.

Trainer Michael Freedman faces a fairly quiet weekend ahead of his big Saturday week rendezvous in Dubai when his stable star Better Be The One races in the Group 1 Al Quoz Sprint, but still has enough firepower to keep his stable firing at home.