Kris Lees will saddle-up his Randwick Guineas winner Le Romain from the inside barrier second-up at Royal Randwick on Saturday in the Tramway Stakes 2016.

Set to run as Randwick Race 8 at 4:30pm (AEST) as the penultimate event on the nine-race Chelmsford Stakes Day card, this year’s $175,000 Group 2 Tramway Stakes (1400m) features a final field of 11 hopefuls.

Jumping from gate one with Kerrin McEvoy aboard on the 58kg top weight in the set weights plus penalties clash, Hard Spun four-year-old Le Romain chases his first win since taking out the Group 1 Randwick Guineas (1600m) on March 5.

He ran second first-up to Tycoon Tara at the track in the Group 3 Show County Quality (1200m) a fortnight back and now boasts two wins and two seconds at the Randwick course.

Proven at a mile he is sure to appreciate the extra distance of Saturday’s race, but does give the weight away to some class rivals including two for Godolphin and John O’Shea.

O’Shea has accepted for stablemates Hauraki and It’s Somewhat who both run first-up from barriers seven and six respectively.

James McDonald partners Reset five-year-old Hauraki, the smart gelding last seen running second to Our Ivanhowe in the Group 1 Doomben Cup (2000m) in Brisbane back on May 21.

Hauraki is also a multiple Group 1 placegetter in Sydney.

He was runner-up to Mongolian Khan in last year’s Group 1 ATC Derby (2400m), third to Winx in the Group 1 Chipping Norton Stakes (1600m) this February and also second to The United States at Rosehill in March’s Group 1 Ranvet Stakes (2000m).

It’s Somewhat is also lining-up for the first time since a brave Doomben Cup performance, the now six-year-old son of Dynaformer having finished third in the winter showdown.

Also returning to racing on Saturday in the Tramway is the Patrick Webster-trained Happy Clapper who his regular jockey Brenton Avdulla rides from barrier two.

Teofilo gelding Happy Clapper finished off his autumn preparation in Sydney in flying form crossing second to Chris Waller’s superstar mare Winx in the Group 1 Doncaster Mile (1600m) before a third to Lucia Valentina in the Group 1 Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2000m).

He is a three-time winner from seven starts at Randwick Racecourse, his latest win being over Tinto in December last year in the Group 2 Villiers Stakes (1600m).

Boasting the fitness edge meanwhile are a host of other runners including the Team Hawkes-trained Messene coming off a fourth in the Show County, the Lindsay Park-trained Aurie’s Star Handicap runner-up in Flemington Dibayani and Heavens Above.

Tim Martin’s Street Cry mare Heavens Above ran second to Azkadellia in April’s Group 1 Queen Of The Turf Stakes (1600m) before her first-up fourth when only one and a half-lengths off the winner in the Group 3 Toy Show Quality (1300m) on August 20.

She jumps from barrier three this weekend with Jason Collett coming on for the ride and drops from 59kg last start to Saturday’s 54kg light weight.

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2016 Tramway Stakes Final Field & Barrier Draw

Randwick Race 8 (4:30pm) – 03/09/2016

#	Form (Last 10)	Horse	Trainer	Jockey	Br.	Wgt.	H. Rating
1	12x12217x2	LE ROMAIN	Kris Lees	Kerrin McEvoy	1	58kg	105
2	x111x4523x	HAPPY CLAPPER	Patrick Webster	Brenton Avdulla	2	57kg	109
3	28x332722x	HAURAKI	John O’Shea	James McDonald	7	57kg	108
4	23x611653x	IT’S SOMEWHAT (USA)	John O’Shea	Tim Clark	6	57kg	108
5	1947x400x2	SADLER’S LAKE	Chris Waller	Hugh Bowman	9	56.5kg	101
6	98046x000x	GUST OF WIND (NZ)	John Sargent	Joshua Parr	5	56kg	106
7	1x2380x05x	SONS OF JOHN	Jason Attard	Jeff Penza	11	56kg	100
8	x0822018x4	MESSENE	Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes	Tommy Berry	10	55kg	106
9	399x4249x2	DIBAYANI (IRE)	David & B Hayes & T Dabernig	Blake Shinn	8	55kg	105
10	657x3x12x6	COSMIC CUBE (NZ)	Chris Waller	Tye Angland	4	55kg	100
11	x2231122x4	HEAVENS ABOVE	Tim Martin	Jason Collett	3	54kg	101