Racing NSW Veterinary Officers have today inspected the following declared starters for tomorrow’s Royal Randwick race meeting to assess their suitability to start.

It’s a fair commitment to drive a 900km round trip to ride in a barrier trial but jockey Matthew McGuren did just that to give himself the best chance of winning Sunday’s $150,000 Newhaven Park Hunter & North West Country Championships (1400m) on Rhythm Is A Dancer.

As the dust settled on an emotional win by Bandi’s Boy in the $150,000 Newhaven Park South East Country Championships (1400m) at Moruya, trainer Danny Williams declared the gelding will likely be seen again before the Final and he can only get better.

If Matthew Dunn can do it, why couldn’t Marc Quinn?

Trainer Matthew Dunn will plot a path that likely includes another run before the $1 millon Newhaven Park Country Championships Final at Randwick in April with Tribeca Star and Rainbow Connection after a Grafton quinella on Saturday.