Havana Rey strikes to make Baker's day "He is a special horse to me": Bjorn Baker Havana Rey, pictured. Bjorn Baker joined his father Murray in the winner's circle as Havana Rey led all the way to win the Ajax Stakes at Rosehill on Saturday. "He is a special horse to me," Baker said. He makes his own luck out in front, which was crucial. He was my first city winner, my first Saturday winner and now is my first group winner in Sydney. It has just been a fantastic day with It's A Dundeel winning for dad earlier on [in the group 1 Rosehill Guineas]. The master of speed, Jim Cassidy, was at his best to win the Manion Cup on Julienas. The import was installed Sydney Cup favourite at $5.50 after he sat outside the leader before putting a gap in his rivals at the top of the straight. "When Schoey [Glyn Schofield on Pelicano] went to up the tempo at the half-mile, I was going at a track gallop [pace] outside him," Cassidy told trainer Gai Waterhouse. I asked him to go on the turn and got a gap, and then I just cuddled him. Julienas drops to 53.5kg and could be the second group 1 winner out of a four-horse package, Waterhouse bought from Europe. It also included Metropolitan winner Glencadam Gold. Julienas, which was backed from $3.60 in to $2.60, had the measure of his rivals easily on Saturday, beating Permit by 1¼ lengths with Dance With Her third. Permit's trainer Chris Waller is looking forward to a rematch in the Chairman's Handicap in a fortnight. "I have said all along this horse is going as well as last year," Waller said. He's further up in the weights but he will keep improving. Josh Parr got the fruits of his labour with Chiaramonte in the Darby Munro Stakes at Rosehill. "He was a bit of a tougher horse to handle when he was young, and I helped with him along with a couple of track boys at Darley," Parr said after a blowout result for punters in the opening race. It makes being on him for that win a little more satisfying. Parr was given the all-clear from Peter Snowden to use the gate speed of Chiaramonte from barrier 16. He crossed to the fence and was never headed. "He has always had great speed from the gate, last start we tried to ride him from behind but I thought why not use his gate speed," Parr said. A Warwick Farm trainer is taking the Australian Turf Club to court next month over the on-course stables built at Warwick Farm for the Papal visit in 2008. The trainer's concerns extend to whether the stables were meant to be permanent and received the right building approvals. If the trainer was to win, trainers like Bjorn Baker, Gary Nickson, Shaune Ritchie, Rick Worthington and Joe Pride would have to find new yards. Kembla Grange trainer Kerry Parker got the race he targeted with Aliyana Tilde in the Epona Stakes, now he has to plot a course to the Sydney Cup. "That was the race I thought we could win, so we targeted it," Parker said. She did run second in the Oaks last year and she is in the Sydney Cup but we have to work out how to get there. We could back up in the BMW next week, the other option is to go from 1900m to 2600m in the Chairman's Handicap the week after. Aliyana Tilde proved too strong for Epingle. The narrow win delighted jockey Corey Brown. Did you see that? I finally got a winner in a photo," he said on his way back to the jockeys' room. She is a very strong stayer and will only get better as they step up in distance. The Australian Turf Club has released another 2500 tickets for the new grandstand at Randwick on Australian Derby day, which will feature Black Caviar, on April 13. "The grass areas have come up well and we are able to get some more people in," ATC marketing manager Bettina Brown said. I'm sure they will sell out.