Jilliby Ballerini
This will be a New Zealand Cup Week like no other for Australia.
Champion mares Winx, Black Caviar and Makybe Diva became household names during glittering careers on the turf.
Keayang Zahara became the hottest trotter in this part of the world after winning her first 15 starts, but could face a second successive defeat when she returns from a spell at Melton on Saturday night.
Champion pacer Leap To Fame stands between Catch A Wave and his quest for open age Group 1 success in Victoria.
The ‘match race’ between the two star four-year-old trotting mares Jilliby Ballerini and Violet Stanford was thwarted by the Josh Aiken trained and driven Maoris Mac who broke through for her first win in more than a year in the Prydes Easifeed Trot.