my thoughts, the nz derby winner of this week should be offered an automatic invite to the NSW derby, so 1 less horse is taken from the heats or if they choose not to accept it they just use the heats as they are

and there should also be 1 discretionary invite for a 4 yr old from nz to race in the chariots and lure them away from the messenger, whether it was given to smiling shard after his hunter cup run or even to the winner of the forbury (4/5) race if they went good enough

imo would add another excitement factor by getting a horse over here that otherwise wouldnt come because they have to be in aussie for 2 weeks to qualify and race