The chance to secure Group 1 glory is on the cards for exciting 3YO colt Overpass (Vancouver) following his dominant first-up win in today’s G2 Expressway Stakes at Rosehill. The Bjorn Baker-trained galloper was resuming after a luckless end to his spring campaign, which saw him make up enormous ground from the tail to finish closely behind Paulele in the G2 Roman Consul Stakes before never seeing daylight in Home Affairs’ G1 Coolmore Stud Stakes on Derby Day at Flemington. B

Bjorn Baker wasn’t able to be at Rosehill to watch his emerging colt Overpass upset the Godolphin glamour horse Anamoe in the Group 2 $200,000 XXXX Expressway Stakes (1200m) so he just left it all to jockey Tim Clark. And on a day when it was handy to be on the pace, especially in the chute starts, Clark produced one of his trademark front-running rides to pounce on the lead and win a race that Baker feels will open doors for the under-rated three-year-old. While Anamoe lost

Trainer Bjorn Baker considers Josh Parr and Canasta as something of a dream team and is hopeful their reunion at Rosehill on Saturday can spark an overdue win. Parr has had seven rides on the front-running galloper for three wins, the gelding’s last three, and two seconds, and he’ll be given a license to play catch me if you can in the Ranvet Handicap (1500m). Canasta hasn’t won since January 30 last year, and has had 12 starts in the interim, and Baker wants to see a stronge

Newgate Farm’s Capitalist has quietly surged back to the top of the second season sires list by both earnings and winners with Mark Newnham producing another promising maiden winner by the Golden Slipper winning sire at Warwick Farm on Wednesday. Three year-old gelding Stick to Your Guns was resuming from a spell in the 1200m maiden after splitting quality colts Minsk Moment and subsequent spring stakes-winner Bend the Knee when finishing second at Canterbury back in June. H