Ayrton (NZ) (Iffraaj) was passed in at Karaka 2019 with a reserve of only $40,000, but a tenacious victory in Friday’s A$175,000 Listed Evergreen Turf John Dillon Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield has put him within sight of A$1m in stakes.

Festival Stakes winner Phearson will back up in Saturday’s $2 million The Ingham at Royal Randwick – but needs a new rider!

A low draw could aid Phearson in his latest challenge.

Tips and race by race preview by Ray Hickson for Wednesday’s Rosehill meeting. Selections based on a good track.

Tommy Berry has seven mounts at Tuesday’s Wyong race meeting and three of those are early favourites. The Hawkes stable trains two of Berry’s well-fancied mounts and both are coming off creditable first-up performances.