The three-year-olds take centre stage at Randwick on Saturday afternoon, with the Group 1 Spring Champion Stakes (2000m) attracting a quality field of 11 horses set to fight it out for the $2 million prize.
Most of the runners engaged come through the Group 3 Gloaming Stakes (1800m) at Rosehill on October 12, where the Anthony Cummings-trained El Castillo proved victorious.
Joshua Parr maintains the ride aboard the son of Castelvecchio after steering him to victory in the Gloaming and will disengage from barrier 8.
The pair of Henlein and Swiftfalcon were both heavily backed in the Gloaming, and punters can expect something similar, with the pair drawing barrier one and 11 respectively.
Rag Queen is one of four fillies engaged in this event and should relish the step up to 2000m, while the Nathan Doyle-trained Harlem Queen brings some differing form finishing runner-up in the Group 1 Flight Stakes (1600m) behind Lady Shenandoah.
Firm Agreement and Duvana are two more runners looking to turn the tables from the Gloaming, while the Richard & Will Freedman-trained Pleasure Artist brings some x-factor into this after running into Swiftfalcon in the Dulcify Stakes on October 5.
The 2024 Spring Champion Stakes is the first leg of the quaddie at Randwick on Saturday afternoon and is scheduled to get underway at 4pm AEDT.
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