Tony Gollan hopes victory in the $2 million Five Diamonds on Saturday will be just a taste of what his all-conquering Queensland stable can achieve in Sydney this season.

Transatlantic, a $2.70 (TAB) favourite in the listed Five Diamonds (1800m) after an easy win in the $1 million prelude (1500m), is a rare runner in Sydney for Gollan, who has had only eight city winners from a little more than 100 starters in NSW in a career that has yielded 12 consecutive Queensland metropolitan trainers titles.

Gollan hopes Transatlantic can improve that record in the feature for five-year-olds at Rosehill before targeting more rich wins in Sydney in the autumn.

“We’re a very strong stable at home, and we try to travel the right horses when we can, and we always identified this horse to be the right

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