While there will be no Group racing at Randwick on Saturday, an exciting field of Group class horses have been nominated to contest the December Handicap.

Steely is the new favourite for the Group 2 Villiers Stakes.

Jean Van Overmeire has steered Blue Soldier to a boilover victory in the Ladies Day Cup.

Reigning Hawkesbury premiership winner Mark Newnham returns there on Thursday as he plots a feature summer path with rehabilitated six-year-old Quackerjack.

Kris Lees will saddle up two runners in the first edition of the $500,000 The Coast at Gosford.