The unbeaten run has ended but jockey Zac Lloyd is quietly confident he can avenge Insurrection’s narrow last start defeat when they tackle Monday’s Listed $200,000 Kia Canterbury Sprint (1200m).

There was barely a moment of concern for punters that backed Ellsberg in the $160,000 G2 Petaluma Festival Stakes (1500m) at Rosehill but the Villiers Stakes in a fortnight looks far from a foregone conclusion.

The perennial groomsman Spaceboy will be looking to go one better in this Saturday’s first running of The Warra.

Gary Portelli would like some rain for Spaceboy ahead of The Heath 1100 at Caulfield.

Spaceboy is set to be sent from Sydney to contest a stakes race at The Valley.