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Leading Kiwi trainer Tony Pike will land in Brisbane on Friday with a team of six horses for the winter carnival.

Pike left the Te Rapa race meeting on Saturday with a satisfied grin after five of his Brisbane team had topped of their preparations with exhibition gallops.
Bostonian, Ever Loyal, Indecision, Intrigue and Terra Sancta all produced eye-catching work at Te Rapa.
They join last weekend’s G2 Easter Handicap winner Endless Drama on a flight out of Auckland for Brisbane on Friday.
Pike has enjoyed plenty of success in Brisbane in recent years, picking up G1 wins in the Queensland Oaks with Provocative and J.J Atkins with Sacred Elixir .
 “We’ve got a good team heading over this year although it does seem a little strange most of them are sprinters, which is unusual as the Kiwi sprinters don’t often compete in Australia,” he said.
“In saying that, all have been working well and I think they are up to the competition they will face over there.IMAGE#1
“Bostonian, Ever Loyal and Endless Drama all have the Stradbroke Handicap as their main assignment and will take similar paths to get there.
“Bostonian has good residual fitness as he was only in the paddock for three weeks.
“He went super there as a three-year-old and he had a good hit-out on Saturday that will top him off nicely.
“He will probably go the BRC Sprint at Doomben first up, as will Ever Loyal, and then we will take it from there.”
Indecision, winner o the Listed Hallmark Stud Sprint, looked ready to go first up when completing an impressive workout with Ever Loyal on Saturday.
“Indecision will be set for some of the fillies and mares’ events during the carnival,” Pike said.
“She is flying at the moment and will be suited in Brisbane as she can handle any track surface, so if they get rain it won’t worry her.
“She worked beautifully on Saturday so I think she is spot on for the trip.”
Completing the Pike team are Terra Sancta and Intrigue who also looked in good fettle when working together on Saturday.
“Terra Sancta enjoyed her time in Brisbane last year and she showed she is rounding into form with a good hit-out for third at Hastings last week,” Pike said.
“Intrigue is a very promising filly that we have heading to the Queensland Oaks.
“I think her issue is a lack of prizemoney under her belt so we may have to look for a win at one of the support meetings to get her qualified for the Oaks.
“We’ve had to do that before so it won’t worry me if that’s the path we have to take.”