Comments from the trainers of every runner in the $500,000 Newhaven Park Country Championships Final (1400m) at Royal Randwick on Saturday.

Tamworth trainer Cody Morgan will be hoping the Christmas joy continues as he lines up two live chances in Sunday’s Highway Handicap at Randwick.

Alysha Collett is the new rider for the John O’Shea-trained Maximal in the Golden Eagle.