Stephen Autridge and Jamie Richards are hoping history can repeat in Saturday’s Gr.2 Avondale Guineas (2100m).

The team behind exciting three-year-old prospect Embellish are plotting their final move toward Christchurch.

With the dust settled on the three-year-old season of trans-Tasman Group One winner Gingernuts, Te Akau is about to launch his full-brother Griffin on the New Zealand racing scene.

After coming within a whisker of reaching the century in the previous race, champion jockey Joao Moreira finally hit a target which had become increasingly elusive the whole of Friday night, in the penultimate race thanks to $14 favourite Lightning Mac.

Trainer Theo Kieser has been labeled the “King of the Kids” and he lived up to that reputation by preparing the trifecta in the first two-year-old race of the season, the $90,000 Magic Millions Rocket Man Stakes over 1000m on the Polytrack on Friday night.