The stars may be aligning for I Wish I Win to claim his second Group 1 victory in the Doomben 10,000 on Saturday but Sydney trainer Joe Pride is not throwing in the white towel with his gun sprinters Mazu and Private Eye.

James Cummings has accepted with three well fancied gallopers at Wednesday’s Newcastle Jockey Club race meeting with stable apprentice Zac Lloyd riding what appears the stable’s best two chances and Rachel King the other.

Trainer Joe Pride will have the calendar out to select an appropriate autumn, or late autumn, target for progressive filly The Black Cloud if she keeps her unbeaten record intact at Rosehill on Saturday.

Trainer Joe Pride has been impressed with how Testator Silens has been able to turn his form around since rejoining his stable and hopes to cap the preparation with a win at Rosehill on Saturday.

Ceolwulf probably isn’t aware of what’s at stake in his likely short summer campaign that begins at Randwick on Saturday.