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Lightly-raced son of Vancouver hoping to shine in Randwick Group 1

Tulloch Lodge is putting its faith in last start Tulloch Stakes (Gr 2, 2000m) Yaletown (Vancouver) to deliver Gai Waterhouse an overdue victory in the Australian Derby (Gr 1, 2400m) - one of the few Sydney Group 1 races to elude her.

Waterhouse is one of the most decorated trainers of the modern era and has made her mark on the best races in the country, but she is yet to snare the Sydney classic, a statistic her training partner Adrian Bott is hoping lightly-raced gelding Yaletown can change on Saturday. 

"We've ticked off a few firsts for the partnership. We won the first Thousand Guineas together, first (VRC) Oaks," Bott said. 

"There are a couple on the resume we really want to tick off and the Derby would be right up there, that and a Cox Plate. 

"Hopefully he can be the horse. He's coming through the right form race into the Derby and it looks a nice profile."