Trainer Joe Pride credits the Queensland sunshine and the recent run of dry tracks for the sparkling form Lekvarte has shown in the past months and hopes she can take a class rise in her stride and complete a hat-trick at Randwick on Saturday.

Trainer David Pfieffer is confident he’s found the right race for Excelladus to make a lie of a curious career statistic at Rosehill on Saturday.

Sydney’s latest training partnership has celebrated a breakthrough victory.