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Many of New Zealand’s brightest three-year-olds and toughest stayers will be on course at Ellerslie on Saturday, with the Avondale Cup and Guineas races proving to be a big form-setter for the upcoming Barfoot & Thompson Champions Day next month.

“We’re delighted to further invest in our racing programme with the additional funding for the Sistema Railway, one of the jewels in our racing calendar."

Trainer Murray Baker was reflecting on some mixed results for his Cambridge stable on Sunday.

A link to one of New Zealand’s major training centres of last century has been lost.

Horses will be an absent sight from Ellerslie racecourse for at least the next 18 months.