Trainer Danny Williams is hoping to wind up his Brisbane winter carnival assault with a victory from Wasted Emotions in the Listed Ascot Handicap at Eagle Farm.Williams brought his entire stable of nine horses from Goulburn to Queensland for the winter and will return home via Grafton with fond memories after Saturday's historic meeting.The Eagle Farm meeting will be the first ever staged by the Brisbane Racing Club which was formed following the merger of former warring clubs, the Queensland an

Trainer Danny Williams is hoping to wind up his Brisbane winter carnival assault with a victory from Wasted Emotions in the Listed Ascot Handicap at Eagle Farm.

Williams brought his entire stable of nine horses from Goulburn to Queensland for the winter and will return home via Grafton with fond memories after Saturday's historic meeting.

The Eagle Farm meeting will be the first ever staged by the Brisbane Racing Club which was formed following the merger of former warring clubs, the Queensland and Brisbane Turf Clubs.

Williams has been coming to Queensland each winter for the past 10 years but only landed his first Brisbane metropolitan winner when Samtheflirt won at Eagle Farm last month.

His previous best performance was with Cape Breton who was runner-up to Ice Chariot in the Group One Queensland Derby at Eagle Farm in 2006.

Wasted Emotions, a Michael Cahill mount, could back up in Wednesday week's Listed Ramornie Handicap (1200m) at Grafton if he performs well over the same trip in the Ascot Handicap.

The rising seven-year-old has an outstanding record with 10 wins from 21 starts and will pass the $400,000 prizemoney barrier if he's successful in the Ascot.

Wasted Emotions was sent north for last month's Group One Stradbroke Handicap at Eagle Farm but missed the $1 million feature after finishing fifth to Ortensia in the Group Two QTC Cup (1300m) at Eagle Farm in May.

At his most recent appearance, Wasted Emotions was runner-up to News Alert in the Group Three Healy Stakes (1200m) at Eagle Farm on June 20.

"The track was a bit gluey in patches that day and he lost a plate for the first time in his career," Williams said.

"He had every chance but he's come through the race okay.

"This will be our last meeting in Brisbane before we head back home but we might go to Grafton on the way back.

"I'm not sure yet if he'll run in the Ramornie and it'll depend how he pulls up after this."

Williams is looking to take a break from the rigours of training after the Ramornie but is unsure where to take a two-week holiday.

"Being a trainer you can only take a break when the opportunity arises," he said.

"I've only got a small boutique stable and I'm fortunate I can take a break at this time of the year.

"I took a couple of weeks off 12 months ago and went to Broome and Darwin just before last year's Stradbroke.

"I need a break more than the horses, but I haven't worked out where to go yet.

"If I do take a holiday I'll send all the horses bar a filly out for a spell and keep a skeleton staff on to look after her."