Rob Heathcote has never won the Magic Millions Classic or Guineas at the Gold Coast and is banking on the law of averages with Abounding on Saturday.

Peter and Paul Snowden will have a strong hand in the W J Healy Stakes with the race favourite and a last-start winner.

Alligator Blood has given Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott their maiden Stradbroke Handicap success.

John Moloney is taking a conservative approach with his filly Scorched Earth.

A trip to the Magic Millions will be on offer for Scorched Earth if she performs well at Flemington.