Coral Racing Ambassador, Hugo Palmer, previews his two international runners on Saturday morning, including Glorious Goodwood winner, Ardisia, who heads to Del Mar for the Grade 1 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Stakes over a mile.

It's going to be a huge few hours for the whole team, with a runner in California and one in Sydney. These are the big days we aim for as a yard, taking on the best around the world.

00:25 Del Mar (Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf) – Ardisia

Ardisia has been a miracle really. It’s incredible to think we’ve gone from scrambling home in a Goodwood nursery to running in the Breeders’ Cup, it’s been quite a transformation. He does need to improve again, a repeat of the mark of 108 he ran to at Ascot last time won’t be good enough, but he has been improving by eight pounds a run and I don’t think he’ll need to improve by that much to get involved here.

The favourite Gstaad is rated 118, but he’s drawn in 14 so faces an uphill task, whereas we’re a bit better off in stall 10. Our horse has travelled over well, he’s enjoying the Californian sunshine and we haven’t had to do too much with him since Ascot. He’s a smashing horse, he tries his heart out, we’re lucky to have him and we’re looking forward to running him.  

05:45 Royal Randwick (Golden Eagle) – Seagulls Eleven

This has been the target for this horse since he won at Glorious Goodwood, so it’s hugely exciting that it’s all gone to plan since. Races worth this much money, ten million Australian dollars, are obviously extremely rare so this is a massive day for me, the yard, the owners and the horse.

He travelled down earlier this month and I’m told he’s really thrived in quarantine here. I’ve only just arrived in Sydney so am looking forward to seeing him but I’ve seen pictures and he’s put weight and muscle on and looks fantastic.

We’ve drawn stall three which I’m happy with, anywhere between three and eight looks ideal, and from there Tom Marquand has options. I don’t think we want to lead, need to, or indeed will be able to but from there Tom can be patient, fill him with confidence and then ride his finish up the short Randwick straight.

As you can imagine it’s going to be a good race, all the form Australian horses are here and the favourite, Autumn Glow, is unbeaten and might be hard to beat but we’re rated the same as Lake Forest, who won this last year, so it can be done. We’ll obviously find out if he’s good enough but I do think the horse is here in as good as condition as we’d want him, he’s ready to run a career best and then we’ll see if that’s enough.

Hugo Palmer, Coral Racing Ambassador