Two weeks ago Doug Gorrel took three horses to Ardlethan picnics and didn’t fill a placing.

A look at some of the other angles from Doncaster Mile day at Randwick.

Bianco Vilano and Asgarda – which filled the quinella in the Albury Country Championships and have a huge date ahead in next month’s $1 million Final – are set to showcase their strengths in Thursday's Albury City Handicap (1175m).

Doug Gorrel has written about plenty of horses heading into major races in his time as a journalist but he’s comfortable with being the story if promising mare Asgarda can win her way to Royal Randwick for a $1 million race.

Trainer Kris Lees and stable apprentice Dylan Gibbons have teamed up for a trifecta of wins at Canterbury.