When Bjorn Baker bumped into jockey Adrian Layt earlier this week he wasn’t aware they’d be riding together in Saturday’s $10 million Golden Eagle (1500m) at Rosehill Gardens. Layt is a popular rider and the story around his five-year-old son Liam, who has Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, is well known. He won’t be riding in the Golden Eagle, as he’s booked for rides at Dubbo, but thanks to the charity connection the race has he will be hoping Baker’s classy four-year-old Overpas

Jockey Rachel King seems happy for her TAB Everest ride Overpass to be underestimated going into Saturday’s $15 million sprint at Royal Randwick. After gaining Everest favour, and the James Kennedy slot, when he chased home Nature Strip in the Shorts (1100m) a month ago, Overpass wasn’t quite able to back it up when beaten two lengths by Lost And Running in the Premiere Stakes, run over the Everest course, on October 1. King, who remains the only female rider to have experien

Newgate Farm’s Russian Revolution had three new stakes horses on Saturday and sired a new metro winner on Monday when well bred colt Insurrection scored at Warwick Farm. The Michael Freedman trained Insurrection was sent out favourite for the 1100m Benchmark 68 event and ended a frustrating run of minor placings with a dominant length and three-quarter win. “He’s a work in progress, we took our time to find the front and he relaxed really well,” said winning rider Tommy Berry