Toowoomba trainer Paul Wallace believes time will tell whether promising sprinter Ned’s Gully can prove he’s a Queensland Racing Carnival contender.

Toowoomba trainer Paul Wallace believes time will tell whether promising sprinter Ned’s Gully can prove he’s a Queensland Racing Carnival contender.

The father and son training partnership of Peter and Will Hulbert will have a throw at the stumps with Hail Manhattan in Sydney on Saturday in an attempt to qualify the gelding for next month’s $3 million The Big Dance at Randwick.

It’s a long way from Mareeba on North Queensland’s Atherton Tablelands to Doomben but it’s a trip trainer Alex Malliff hopes will be successful with Love On Sunday.

Sunshine Coast trainer Kerry Taplin is amazed with how a trip away to Sydney has mentally improved promising stayer Tapildoodledo ahead of his return in the Group 2 Queensland Guineas at Eagle Farm on Saturday.