Apprentice Dylan Gibbons has celebrated his second Group 1 win at Rosehill.

Dylan Gibbons can’t help but be a little excited about emerging galloper Tavi Time as he heads toward next month’s Polytrack Provincial-Midway Championships Final.

Connections of hopefuls in the Group 3 John McGrath Auto Group Black Opal Stakes (1200m) & Listed TAB Canberra Cup (2000m) learned their barrier fate at a live draw beside Lake Burley Griffen in Canberra on Wednesday.

Throughout the 12 months between Karaka 2023 and this month’s Karaka 2024 yearling sales, there has been a long line of graduate Group One success across major carnivals in Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide, Melbourne, and New Zealand.

The Canberra Racing Club’s four black-type races have all received strong prize money increases ahead of Canberra’s first million-dollar race day on Sunday, 10th March 2024.