Trainer Bruce Hill is hoping Leapfrog can give Stathi Katsidis a perfect send-off at Doomben ahead of the jockey's trip to New Zealand to ride Sister Havana in the $1 million Karaka Millions.The Liam Birchley-trained Sister Havana has drawn the coveted rails barrier in Sunday's 1200m Ellerslie feature which is restricted to horses sold at the Karaka yearling sales.Sister Havana scored impressively at Doomben on January 2 before finishing a moderate fourth over 1000 metres at the same track on Ja

Trainer Bruce Hill is hoping Leapfrog can give Stathi Katsidis a perfect send-off at Doomben ahead of the jockey's trip to New Zealand to ride Sister Havana in the $1 million Karaka Millions.

The Liam Birchley-trained Sister Havana has drawn the coveted rails barrier in Sunday's 1200m Ellerslie feature which is restricted to horses sold at the Karaka yearling sales.

Sister Havana scored impressively at Doomben on January 2 before finishing a moderate fourth over 1000 metres at the same track on January 16.

Birchley vowed to return to win the Karaka Millions after rating Sarge In Charge unlucky when the youngster was runner-up to The Heckler last year.

Katsidis was originally booked to ride Spot On Target in Saturday's final race, the Myer Handicap (1350m), but trainer Howard Wilson released him so he could catch a 6.15pm (AEST) flight to Auckland.

Leapfrog, who will tackle the Class Six Plate (1350m), will now be Katsidis' final ride before his dash to the airport.

Leapfrog has been racing consistently and only just went down in a photo to Dealers in a 1200m class six at Eagle Farm on January 16.

Hill is hoping a significant weight turnaround will favour the son of Hurricane Sky, who has won three of his 15 starts.

"The weight beat him last time and there was five kilos difference between Dealers and my horse," Hill said.

"This is a race which looks more suitable and he goes down five kilos on his last run."

Hill has kept Leapfrog up to the mark and is hopeful the four-year-old can score for the first time past 1200 metres.

"He's going terrific and he doesn't have to improve much to be hard to beat in this," Hill said.

"He's just off being top class and only just got beaten in some top three-year-old races last season."

Leapfrog was bred by owners Pat and Vicky Sweeney who tried to sell him as a yearling at the Gold Coast Breeze-up sales.

"I had him ready to be sold at the Breeze-up sales but Pat and Vicky decided to race him themselves when he didn't quite meet their reserve," Hill said.

Hill has no major plans in store for Leapfrog who he hopes will measure up as a Brisbane winter carnival contender.

"He's a good horse and I might give him a break after one or two more runs and bring him back for the winter," he said.

"There's some suitable races for him in the winter but not the top shelf races."