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Chris Roots

Racing writer for The Sydney Morning Herald

James McDonald rides Hauraki to win the Epsom Handicap.

Hauraki storms to victory in the Epsom

Godolphin's jockey James McDonald admitted he "missed a couple of beats", but the trainer John O'Shea's heart "was like machine gun" as Hauraki scored an improbable last to first Epsom victory at Randwick on Saturday.

Flight of fancy: David Vandyke and Yankee Rose.

Relaxed Yankee Rose ready to take Flight

David Vandyke has learnt his lesson with Yankee Rose and she will be back "to following a back" and charging to the line in Saturday's Flight Stakes at Randwick.

Winning combination: Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott.

Waterhouse-Bott partnership to continue group 1 tradition

Adrian Bott's name sits next to Gai Waterhouse in the Randwick racebook for the first time on a day that she has made her own for the past 20 years. So there would be some symmetry if the partnership can bank its first big one at Randwick on Saturday.