Gai Waterhouse will be represented by Northern Meteor in the race named for her father TJ Smith but the three-year-old will have to be at his best to overcome sprint stars Takeover Target and Apache Cat.Saturday's 1200m sprint at Randwick will also feature multiple Group One winner Racing To Win with several of the Galaxy runners also expected to back up.All eyes were on international sprint star Takeover Target when he galloped between races at Randwick in front of Saturday's Derby day crowd of

Gai Waterhouse will be represented by Northern Meteor in the race named for her father TJ Smith but the three-year-old will have to be at his best to overcome sprint stars Takeover Target and Apache Cat.

Saturday's 1200m sprint at Randwick will also feature multiple Group One winner Racing To Win with several of the Galaxy runners also expected to back up.

All eyes were on international sprint star Takeover Target when he galloped between races at Randwick in front of Saturday's Derby day crowd of more than 30,000.

The nine-year-old champion worked with Doncaster contender Solo Flyer and held him comfortably to win the 600-metre gallop in an impressive 34.46 seconds.

Trainer Joe Janiak was forced to bring Takeover Target to Sydney earlier than planned because of torrential rain which closed the course proper at his Coffs Harbour base.

Takeover Target had a barrier trial at Warwick Farm last Tuesday and Janiak said he would have another solid hitout at Randwick this week ahead of the TJ Smith Stakes.

"He needed the hitout," Janiak said.

"He will have another one on Tuesday and then I think he will be where I want him.

"We lost about two weeks with him and he is still a bit underdone but his weight is almost right now.

"I had to work him on the beach at Coffs because we couldn't use the track."

After next Saturday's TJ Smith Stakes (1200m), Takeover Target will head to Adelaide for the Goodwood Handicap (1200m) on May 2 then travel to Singapore to defend the KrisFlyer Sprint later that month.

Janiak said as long as he came through those assignments well he would travel to England for a fourth Royal Ascot carnival.

"I think this will be the end of his international travels," he said.

"But I said that last year and he keeps making a liar out of me.

"While he is enjoying his racing he will keep going but it has to come to an end some time."

Apache Cat will travel to Sydney this week to defend the TJ Smith which he won last year on a heavy track from Reigning To Win and Takeover Target.

Trainer Greg Eurell and the reigning Sprinter of the Year will then head north for the Brisbane winter.

Eurell and the gelding's owners decided to bypass an international campaign in favour of an attempt to repeat of Apache Cat's feats of 2008 when he won the BTC Cup and the Doomben 10,000.