Three Chimneys Farm and trainer John Ennis' Great White tuned up for his dirt racing debut in the April 4 Blue Grass Stakes (G1) by working a half-mile in company in :47 3/5 over a fast track March 29.
Satono Reve stayed home from Dubai to contest the March 29 Takamatsunomiya Kinen (G1T), one of Japan's two grade 1 sprints, and won it for the second straight year.
Another classic chapter of Australian Cup (G1) lore was written March 28 as an epic battle ends in a Ciaron Maher quinella, as Light Infantry Man overcomes a once more gallant Pride Of Jenni in the Flemington feature.