It’s far from unusual for trainer Joe Pride to have few two-year-old runners but we’re in mid-May now and Flying Artie filly In Flight will be his first youngster to step out for 2022-23 when she debuts at Warwick Farm on Wednesday.

It would appear connections of lightly raced three-year-old Iowna Merc are in for a bit of fun this winter after his outstanding return at Friday’s Canterbury trials.