EMMA Stewart had one of the biggest nights of her training career at Menangle a year ago.
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Stewart won the group 1 NSW Derby with Major Secret and group 1 Chariots of Fire with Guaranteed.s
Stewart gets an opportunity to achieve the feat again on Sunday.
She has Ideal For Real in the $200,000 NSW Derby, 2400m, and Yankee Rockstar in the $200,000 in the Chariots of Fire, 1609m.
And there is no question each in a live chance.
It does not stop there for Stewart and partner Clayton Tonkin either on Inter-Dominion grand final day.
They also have Delight Me and Lovelist in the group 1 $200,000 NSW Oaks, 2400m, and Beauty Secret in the group 1 $200,000 Ladyship Mile, 1609m.
It is a stunning line-up from Victoria's leading stable.
Ideal For Real took out a derby heat, while Delight Me took out an oaks heat.
Delight Me shapes as potentially Stewart's best prospect of the quintet after drawing the pole.
She is equal $2.80 favourite with Fight For Glory for the Oaks final, while Lovelist is rated a $12 chance with tab.com.au.
Ideal For Real, which was a hard luck story in the Victoria Derby, is a $3.80 second favourite to Hug The Wind ($1.70) in the derby final.
Stewart's other duo Yankee Rockstar is $7 for the Chariots Of Fire and Beauty Secret, which won back-to-races at Menangle late last year, is $8.50 for the Ladyship Mile.
Yankee Rockstar is a wildcard.
While his record of 14 wins in 18 starts is outstanding this is by the biggest assignment of the four-year-old's career to date.
A winner at Menangle as 3yo, Yankee Rockstar is unbeaten in four starts this campaign, including the 4yo Bonanza in 1:52.4 at his latest start at Melton.
Gate eight does make it tough for him though.
MICHAEL Stanley is also back at Menangle on Sunday.
This time he has former WA mare Majorly Fox Styx in the Ladyship Mile.
The Art Major 4yo guaranteed herself a start with a first-up win for Stanley at in the $30,000 Ladyship Cup at Melton on February 7.
Majorly Foxy Styx has an impressive record of 11 wins in 24 starts for $197,000 and Stanley has not surprisingly been pleased with the progress she made since joining his Burrumbeet stable.
Stanley will be hoping he can continue successfully from a training-driving double at Kilmore on Thursday.
Rock N Roll Heaven 2yo colt Soho Lexington ($1.40 favourite) opened his account in 1:58.1 over 1690m and 3yo gelding Chief Safari ($1.50 favourite) remained unbeaten with a third consecutive win.
PETER Tonkin goes after his fourth Mt Gambier Gold Cup in 14 years on Saturday night.
Mad Robber carries the hopes of the Smythes Creek stable in the $12,000 feature.
He starts off 10m after finishing third in a heat.
Tonkin has long had a soft spot for the Mt Gambier Cup, having started his training career just across the border at Portland and retaining close ties with the area.
His latest Mt Gambier Cup victories have come with Devilish Smile in 2011, Adda Paternal Suit 2010 and Mighty Good Fella 2002.
AVOCA horsewoman Rebecca Wardlaw is still celebrating her first win as a trainer with Bankonaces ($50.20) in a 4yo/older pace, 2200m, in Ballarat on Sunday.
Wardlaw was doubly excited with the breakthrough, given she had given Bankonaces a second chance after purchasing the 6yo gelding at the Echuca horse sales.
Bankonraces's days as a racing proposition looked over when retired in late 2013, but he has now had four runs for the hobby trainer.
The win also capped off a big week for Allendale trainer Adam Stephens.
He has helped Wardlaw, who regularly works horses at Stephens' property.
Stephens won with his first starter as a trainer in his own right when Village Safari scored first-up for him at Stawell on February 16.
DUNNSTOWN trainer Rob McCartney continued his winning run at Mildura on Wednesday night.
Carramar Chief ($1.40 favourite) made it two wins on end in a C1 pace, 1790m.
Chief Destroyer has also won two on end for him, including a last-start success in Ballarat on Sunday.