Canberra based trainer Nick Olive will make the six hour drive to Scone for only the third time in his career with progressive galloper Nat King Cu set to line up in the final race of the card on Friday.

Progressive galloper Nat King Cu will face his toughest test to date this weekend but Canberra based trainer Nick Olive is confident he can make the step up.

Canberra based trainer Nick Olive warns Nat King Cu may be a shade vulnerable first up when he makes his return to the races at Thoroughbred Park on Friday.

​Three years after Cheyenne Dancer became the first galloper in modern times to leave Singapore for Malaysia and eventually come full circle a Group 1 winner back at Kranji, another horse is following into his hoof steps, granted on a more modest scale.