The best days are behind Great Again and he’s close to retirement; however, trainer Jayden Lyall says the 10-year-old still maintains an appetite and zest for racing.

Bolton, the horse that almost denied Victorian trainer Neil Dyer a Darwin Cup win in 2012, has joined his team for an assault on this year’s $200,000 race.

差点从驯马师尼尔•戴尔手上夺走2012年达尔文杯冠军的「博尔顿」今年将加入戴尔的团队，再次出战达尔文杯。

Victorian stayer Hawks Bay will have to break his own modern day weight-carrying record to win his second successive $200,000 Darwin Cup at Fannie Bay on August 5.

Hawks Bay is nearing a raceday return with trainer Neil Dyer not ruling out aiming the Kyneton Iron Horse towards three straight Darwin Cup successes despite fears over a huge weight impost.