It's no longer a rumour!

Last time Dar Lunn had a runner in the Newhaven Park Country Championships Final his horse was a $201 chance, when he heads to Randwick with the dashing front-runner Elson Boy he’ll at least be considered a hope of stealing the $1 million race.

It’s not lost on trainer Brett Robb that most expect his promising galloper Gallant Star to stamp himself as one of the horses to beat in next month’s Newhaven Park Country Championships Final when he steps up to qualify at Coonamble on Sunday.

Find out what the jockeys made of their mounts after the Group 1 $750,000 James Squire Canterbury Stakes (1300m) at Royal Randwick.

Having claimed her first Group One win, Lady Laguna could chase another within the space of seven days.