Champion Sydney trainer Chris Waller has rolled the dice and will bypass the Group 3 Ken Russell Memorial Classic with one-time favourite Imperial Force at the Sunshine Coast on Saturday.

Taree’s Manning Valley Race Club has stepped up to the plate and will host this year’s $200,000 Port Macquarie Cup on Friday.

Connections of Ucalledit are weighing up whether to run from a wide draw in the Missile Stakes.

Coolangatta and Cannonball are not the only King’s Stand runners with Aussie links.

Trainer and jockey quotes following Kukeracha winning the Group 3 Living Turf Premier’s Cup at Eagle Farm on Saturday.