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Last Saturday’s Gr.1 New Zealand Oaks (2400m) heroine Pulchritudinous could head to Sydney for the Gr.1 Australian Oaks (2400m) at Randwick next month, it just may not be with current trainer Chad Ormsby.

"They were on level terms there for a while in the straight, but then she just found that little bit more with her fresher legs. It was great to see.”

"She was a very, very good horse, right up there with the best of them. We're hoping that we can emulate that and go along those lines."

“It is pretty exciting to think that we might be able to have a go at a Group One in Australia in his first prep.”

Trainer Chad Ormsby has long earmarked Lord Weyburn as his Gr.1 Trackside New Zealand Derby (2400m) prospect this season, but whether he will continue down that path all hinges on his performance at New Plymouth on Saturday.

“This was a good field but he got in on a light weight so we thought it was here for the taking."

It’s been a long road back to the racetrack for six-year-old gelding Master Fay, but he made a winning return at Tauranga on Friday when taking out the Ray White Pukehina 1200 for owner-trainer Chad Ormsby.