Andrew Gluyas will be focused on features across two states on Saturday.
While exciting three-year-old prospect Air Assault tackles the Group 1 Victoria Derby at Flemington, he’ll saddle up the favourite for the $120,000 Listed John Letts Cup (1800m) at Morphettville in Party Princess.
The talented mare who won the Adelaide Guineas in the autumn comes back to Morphettville following some encouraging performances over the border.
She caught the eye behind boom West Australian mare Amelia’s Jewel in the Group 2 Stocks Stakes at Moonee Valley before running sixth behind Wishlor Lass in the Group 3 Vase for mares at Caulfield last time out.
Party Princess heads betting as a $4.40 favourite with tab.com.au in an open addition of the race formerly known as the Tokyo City Cup.
Phillip Stokes’ Arran Bay, the Richard and Chantelle Jolly-trained Pudding and Will Clarken and Niki O’Shea’s Silent Surrente all sharing the second line of betting as $5.50 chances while the Paul Preusker-trained Captain Envious is marked a $7.50 chance.
The feature has one scratching, Watadeel coming out, the horse was poised to be Annabel Neasham’s first runner on South Australian soil.