It's a case of business as usual for Te Akau Racing trainer Jamie Richards despite the postponement of the Golden Slipper meeting at Rosehill due to heavy rain on Saturday.
Officials elected to push the card back a week, with the knock-on effect that all feature race days in Sydney through autumn will run a week later than scheduled.
Richards has several stable stars set to travel to Sydney for black-type assignments in the coming weeks, including the star of the show at Trentham on Saturday, Group 1 New Zealand Oaks winner Amarelinha.
Richards was enjoying the aftermath of another successful Saturday after producing Need I Say More to win the Group 2 Wellington Guineas ahead of a stunning performance by Amarelinha in the Oaks, where she won by a length after botching the start and nearly dislodging rider Opie Bosson.
Richards was pleased with the performances of Amarelinha, Need I Say More and Cornflower Blue, who ran third in the Wellington Guineas, but was left puzzled by the effort of Brando in the same race after the Savabeel colt finished a lacklustre seventh in his first run back following a similar performance in the Group 3 CS Hayes Stakes at Flemington in February.