Jim Pender will never forget when his outsider The Real Beel almost pulled off a major triumph for the underdog in a $1 million race at Ellerslie.

Fastnet Rock colt Long Leaf became the first Australian trained 3YO to win the $1m Karaka Million Classic at Ellerslie on Saturday.

New Zealand ex-pat jockey James McDonald made a winning return to his favourite track on Saturday when he rode Australian raider Long Leaf to victory in the Karaka 3YO Classic at Ellerslie.

Money is all over the place in the 2018 Sandown Guineas at Sandown on Saturday.

Can the filly knock those boys down a peg in the 2018 Sandown Guineas at Sandown on Saturday?