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.

As a young horse Kipling’s Journey was once described as a spider and he’s now set to put another bite into his opposition at Ipswich on Wednesday.

There won’t be a dry eye at Eagle Farm on Wednesday if promising five-year-old Kipling’s Journey maintains his unbeaten record this campaign.

For a small stable, Peter and Will Hulbert have developed an uncanny knack of finding a good horse or two since forming their training partnership eight years ago.

Tony Gollan has produced the quinella in the Swiss Ace Plate with Le Palmier downing Sneaky Five.