Assistant-trainer Samantha Hill hopes Hughsy will bounce back to his best this year.

Trainer David Hill is hoping for some rain on Sunday, not of biblical proportions, but enough to soften up the turf track for his $1.15 million Emirates Singapore Derby contender Hughsy.

It would take a brave yet possibly insane man to tip against War Affair in Sunday's Group 2 Stewards Cup with the feature race well and truly at his mercy.

The old adage "champions just find a way to win" was exemplified on Sunday evening, when War Affair came from an impossible position to win the Group 1 Lion City Cup.

Graduates of the Magic Millions National Sale recorded feature victories across Australia and abroad last weekend.