Dee in saddle

Five To Midnight will be ridden by Michael Dee (pictured) in Saturday’s A$2 million ($2.1m) Group One Sydney Cup (3200m). Awapuni trainer Lisa Latta confirmed the Randwick booking yesterday morning of the New Zealand jockey, these days based in Victoria. Five To Midnight finished a close second in the Auckland Cup (3200m) two runs back before he was again second in the Group Two Awapuni Gold Cup (2000m).