O'Shea sends team north for winter pickings John O'Shea has carefully selected a team of six for his Queensland carnival assault, which will be led by Lightinthenite in the Hollindale Stakes (1800 metres) at the Gold Coast on Saturday. "I probably didn't have the horses for the Sydney carnival, so we waited with a couple of them for Brisbane and I think they are the right types to go up there and be successful," O'Shea said. Lightinthenite has always been a very good horse and there is nice program of races for him in Queensland, which we have targeted. Lightinthenite won the 2000m David Jones Cup on Caulfield Cup day at his third run from a spell. O'Shea has crafted a similar pattern for him this autumn. He resumed in the Ajax Stakes when he held his ground for fourth, beaten a length by Havana Rey, and finished midfield in the Doncaster, 4¼ lengths from Sacred Falls. "He has had the two runs, and his Doncaster run was very good," O'Shea said. It is first time to weight-for-age but he has proven he is worth having a crack with at this level. O'Shea has a history of choosing the right horse to take Brisbane. Private Steer won the Stradbroke and last year Sea Siren took out the BTC Cup and Doomben 10,000. Sea Siren will return to defend her BTC crown. O'Shea will take Bound To Blush to the Gold Coast for the Silk Stocking. "She has a very good record first-up and very good at 1200m and I expect her to run well," he said. Tim Clark, just back from Hong Kong, rides the O'Shea pair.