Sydney’s outstanding crop of apprentices has dominated at Canterbury.

Epicus has come a long way since joining Kristen Buchanan mid-preparation and the Wyong trainer hopes she’s found a nice race to stage a distance experiment as she winds up his campaign at Canterbury on Wednesday.

Eight Midways have already fallen Kristen Buchanan’s way but you get the impression if Oakfield Duke can make it nine at Randwick on Saturday it would give the Wyong trainer immense satisfaction.