Ellsberg to continue hot form of trainers Gerald Ryan and Sterling Alexiou.

Gerald Ryan and Sterling Alexiou's stable star Ellsberg is the $2.80 favourite for the Five Diamonds (1800m) at Rosehill Gardens on Saturday. Ryan believes Ell's form and training has been terrific. The Ryan-Alexious stable also has Just A Jedi as an each-way contender in the Quayclean Handicap ( 1800m). The final day of The Everest carnival is at the Rose Hill Gardens. The new big-money races like the 5D and Big Dance have increased interest in Sydney's spring carnivals. Cisco Bay came second in Big dance and Steely came third in Little Dance at Randwick.

Kirwan’s Lane completed the feature race double at Hawkesbury with a win in the Listed $160,000 Ladies Day Cup on Thursday. The John O”Shea-trained horse won by a neck. It was his 10th win from 36 starts and took his career earnings to over $650,00. He is a renowned mile specialist and won the Group 3 Hawke's Gold Cup earlier this year. O'Shee is likely to take Kirwan's Lane to the $1 million The Gong at Kembla Grange on November 19.