Mandy Cottell looks back at the support races on the Festival Stakes program.

Brenton Le Grand and Mandy Cottell look back on the ten-race program at Royal Randwick and bring you the talking points of the undercard.

Philipsburg will have another throw of the dice at Randwick before being freshened for a late-spring goal.

In-form jockey Sam Clipperton has brought up a PB at Randwick.

There’ll be no excuses for Philipsburg on the score of fitness from trainer James Ponsonby as he tries to force his way into the Newhaven Park Country Championships Final via Sunday’s $50,000 Wild Card (1400m) at Scone.