The picture for this Saturday’s $2million Group I MRC Blue Diamond Stakes (1200m) was given an injection of fresh blood last Saturday when super talented Hard Kick scored an impressive debut victory in the Listed VRC Talindert Stakes (1100m).

The final race of Saturday’s ten-race Flemington card saw 5yo Deep Field mare Paradise City rewarded for her recent consistency, working home too well in the Trilogy Racing colours to record her first black type victory in the G3 Frances Tressady Stakes (1400m) for Peter Moody and Katherine Coleman.