Harry Fry insists he would not swap American for any other horse in the Ladbrokes Trophy after seeing his charge enjoy a racecourse gallop at Newbury on Tuesday morning.

Ante-post favourites American and Total Recall feature among 60 exciting entries revealed today for the £250,000 Ladbrokes Trophy at Newbury on the second day of the Ladbrokes Winter Carnival, Saturday, December 2.

Spillway looks a strong chance to land what would be a well deserved win at the back end of the spring carnival in today’s Zipping Classic.

It was bound to happen sooner or later, German-trained galloper Protectionist’s resounding Melbourne Cup victory completing a clean sweep for overseas trained runners in all three of the Melbourne spring majors.

No one could begrudge Lloyd Williams, patriarch of the Team Williams thoroughbred racing empire, a fourth win the 152nd running of the $6 million iconic Melbourne Cup over 3200m with former European galloper Green Moon.