The ‘story of the autumn’ Shelby Sixtysix (Toronado) secured his first G1 in The Galaxy as courageous mare Montefilia (Kermadec) secured her fourth in the Ranvet Stakes on a memorable Golden Slipper Day for Inglis graduates and clients.

Injury may have robbed Chautauqua of the opportunity to conquer Hong Kong last December but Team Hawkes hasn’t given up on the idea of the superstar sprinter making it on the world stage.

Meanwhile, there is self-inflicted pressure for the owner of 4YO Mongolian Khan, the short-priced favourite for tomorrow's Caulfield Cup in Melbourne who has drawn perfectly in barrier nine after his fast-finishing third last week in the Caulfield Stakes.

Pat Hyland has his sights set on some big spring targets for his talented youngster Gredington, but couldn’t resist starting his campaign early to chase some lucrative prizemoney on offer at his home track this weekend. The Magnus colt headlines a capacity field of 12 two-year-olds for Sunday’s $100,000 Inglis VOBIS Gold Plate (1000 metres) at Cranbourne, which also carries $30,000 in Super VOBIS bonuses.