With fields shaping up for the Karaka Million races at Ellerslie on Saturday, the performances of the runners that have placed them high in the order of entry are adding to value of their relations catalogued for Karaka 2019.

Talented three-year-old Hypnos is being set for his first tilt at elite level when he lines-up in the Gr.1 Levin Classic (1600m) at Trentham on Saturday.

Pins filly Pinmedown made her resounding New Zealand Bloodstock Filly of the Year debut when she won the G2 Eight Carat Classic at Ellerslie on Boxing Day at her black type debut.

Race-fitness proved a key role in the final outcome of the first black-type feature at Ellerslie on Boxing Day when promising three-year-old Hypnos downed race-favourite Dawn Patrol in the Listed Shaw’s Wire Ropes Uncle Remus Stakes (1400m).