For the first time in 30 years, local horses are the toast of Callaghan Park having won the elusive Newmarket-Rockhampton Cup double.

Trainer Patrick Payne will be chasing back to back wins in the $100,000 Swan Hill Cup on Sunday with defending champion Cellarmaster.

The feature Listed Christmas Stakes over 1200m at Caulfield this afternoon has assembled a handy field of summer sprinters headed in the weights by last year’s winner Zedi Knight.