But we will be travelling north to Eagle Farm where a gelding that combines the blood of two stallions that fought out last season's leading first crop sire will be making his third start.
The Bevan Laming-trained, Smart Missile gelding, Smart Devil is out of a stakes-winning half-sister to Love Conquers All.
A $120,000 purchase by his trainer out of the Glenlogan Park draft at the 2015 Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling sale, Smart Devil made his track debut at the Sunshine Coast on July 24.
He finished second that day before breaking through at the Gold Coast last week
He will be strongly favoured to continue on his winning way in a very competitive 16 runner QTIS Three-Years-Old Handicap with Michael Cahill in the saddle.
Smart Devil (pictured as a yearling) is the second of three live foals left by She's Meaner (Falvelon) who sadly died in April.
The former Gai Waterhouse-trained protégé began her own track career in a blaze of glory.
Purchased by Blue Sky Thoroughbreds at the 2007 Magic Millions for $300,000, She's Meaner won her first three races.
The streak began at Randwick on Australia Day in 2008 before adding the Magic Millions Wyong Slipper a month later.
Taken to Queensland, She's Meaner prepped for the Magic Millions 2yo Classic with a 5-length romp in the Listed BTC Tommy Smith Slipper.
Only Augusta Proud proved better in the Magic Millions 2yo Classic. She's Meaner rounded out her juvenile year with an unplaced effort in the Golden Slipper won by Sebring.
The daughter of Falvelon never approached her 2yo form again and in 2009 she was consigned to the Magic Millions National Broodmare sale where she was reported sold for $320,000.
Her half-brother Love Conquers All (Mossman) was among the best sprinter/milers of his generation.
The $1.2 million earner won the Group II The Shorts at Randwick but in the autumn of 2011, in four consecutive starts, he finished second to More Joyous in the Grade II (now Grade 1) Canterbury Stakes, was beaten a nose by Rangirangdoo in the Grade 1 George Ryder Stakes, finished second to Sacred Choice in the Grade 1 Doncaster Handicap and was beaten a nose by Beaded in the Grade 1 Doomben 10,000.
She' Meaner and Love Conquers All are out of the top-class racemare She's A Meanie (Prince Salieri) whose seven wins in New Zealand included the Group 1Avondale Gold Cup.
The hugely popular Smart Missile has made an excellent start to the new season.
On the day that Smart Devil broke his maiden at the Gold Coast, the exciting Mediterranean was a fast-finishing second to a previous 'Best On Breeding' graduate Thronum in the Listed The Rosebud at Randwick.
At Gosford on Thursday, the Smart Missile colt Gadfly opened his winning account after placing at his first three starts.
