Top mare Verry Elleegant will again be one of the headline acts at Randwick.

When Frank Mittiga won a slot in the $1.3 million The Kosciuszko, he rang the only country trainer he knew – Tony Sergi at Queanbeyan – to see if he had a horse he thought would have a chance in the race.

James McDonald has described Zaaki as “electric” after kicking off his Cox Plate campaign with a facile win.

Verry Elleegant will lead the charge for Chris Waller in his quest to capture another Winx Stakes trophy.

She doesn’t have the Winx aura of invincibility but champion jockey James McDonald says Australia’s best racehorse Verry Elleegant has earned the right to be the horse to beat in her Group 1 return at Randwick on Saturday.