Victory for an Australian sired horse in the Queensland Derby at Eagle Farm on June 7 would give Australian sired runners the rare feat of taking out every Derby conducted in 2013-14. They have already succeeded in these classics in the racing year in Melbourne, Sydney, Hobart, Perth and Adelaide.

Trainer Ricky Yiu is looking to the Group 1 Hong Kong Sprint as his beefed-up speedster Amber Sky roars down the straight

Max Hinton had success with his mare Sophie Princess at the 2002 Melbourne Cup Carnival, nearly a decade later he snagged a Group 3 race with her daughter Sophie's Spirit which won the Herald Sun Stakes.

Although the crowd stood and sung their appreciation when Starspangledbanner stirred from the front at Caulfield races on Saturday, it was the Australian National anthem that they should have been rendering after the running of the historic Caulfield Guineas.

New Zealand's finest thoroughbred mare, Sunline, was buried yesterday at Ellerslie racecourse having been put down at the age of 13 after a battle with illness.