The Auckland Cup Carnival comes to a close this weekend and Axeman is ensuring punters don't go home empty handed. The weather is the key and hopefully it won't lessen the hopes of the real chances on the day at Ellerslie.

    Michael Rodd returning to scale on The Heckler after his last-start $1 million win at Ellerslie on January 25. Photo: NZ Racing News.

The Heckler has won the country's biggest juvenile prize , the Karaka Million, and now can he also land the first of the two Gr I two-year-old events when he contests the $200,000 Ford Diamond Stakes at Ellerslie this weekend. Or will one of the fillies, Te Akau Rose or The Lady, stand in his way? Axeman gives his thoughts on the outcome.