After being granted permission to gallop headline pair Darci Be Good and World Wide between races on the course proper, the veteran horseman beamed as the pair steamed home over the final 600m of a searching gallop.

Gwenda Markwell acquisition Salade, the injury-plagued Golden Slipper contender from last year, also took another step on his return to full fitness when working solo later in the day with Jon Grisedale in the saddle.

Salade burst onto the scene with a debut win in the Group 2 Pago Pago Stakes under Bart Cummings’ care before finishing eighth in Australia’s biggest juvenile feature.

Darci Be Good, World Wide and Salade are all among early nominations for the $2 million Doncaster on April 21.

Paul Murray’s Alma’s Fury, a winner of his past three starts at metropolitan meetings, and Markwell’s ultra-consistent Rolling Pin are also among the 200 entries for the famous Randwick mile.