Stephen Baster will be out to improve on his stakes race success over the spring carnival with a good book of rides at Sandown.Since the racing season began in August, Baster has ridden eight winners of which four have come in stakes races.The biggest came last week with victory on Awesome Rock in the Group One Emirates Stakes at Flemington.At Sandown on Saturday Baster has five stakes-race rides for a variety of trainers, including Godolphins Secret Number in the days feature, the Group Two Zipping Classic (2400m).Baster rode Secret Number in the Melbourne Cup and set a solid tempo, but the horse was beaten a long way out and finished 21st behind Almandin.But Baster is expecting improvement from the Saeed bin Suroor-trained stayer on Saturday.I dont think he got the two miles, Baster said.I also think the track was a little bit too firm underneath for him.Godolphin will also be represented by the bin Suroor-trained Beautiful Romance who finished seventh in the Melbourne Cup.Baster said he had not been in contact with the stable since he rode Secret Number in the Cup but planned to touch base with the trainer on Friday night.The jockey has hopes the Sandown track wont be as firm as Flemington.The Sandown Hillside track, the venue for Saturdays meeting, hasnt been raced on since August and track manager Tim Bailey says the surface has not looked in better condition since undergoing a rebuild three years ago.Bailey applied 5mm of irrigation on Friday morning with the weather forecast for anywhere between 2mm and 20mm from midnight.The Michael Bell-trained Big Orange is the third international horse in Saturdays weight-for-age contest with the three out to join (2011) and Au Revoir (2014) as previous international winners.Who Shot Thebarman is chasing successive Zipping Classic wins after recording a seven length win over Tall Ship last year.The Chris Waller-trained stayer was the $3 favourite on Friday ahead of So Si Bon at $4.80 with Big Orange and Almoonqith at $5.Secret Number was rated a $6 chance. 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The second-ranked Norwegian made her season debut after missing the LPGA Tours opening event last month in the Bahamas because of a shoulder injury.Lewis Hamilton felt his Mercedes drove like a four-poster bed after sustaining front-wing damage at the first corner of the Chinese GP - with the world champion eventually battling back to seventh. The Briton started from the back of the grid after power unit issues on Saturday but got a good getaway, only to collide with Felipe Nasr as the Sauber tried to avoid both Ferraris, who made contact.Hamilton had to come in for one of five pitstops for a new front wing after the melee, with part of his old wing stuck under the W07s floor for the remainder of the grand prix. Lacking power, he was eventually passed by both Daniel Ricciardo and Kimi Raikkonen in the closing stages, while Felipe Massa produced a defensive masterlcass to keep Hamilton in P7. Chinese GP report Nico Rosberg wins, Lewis Hamilton down in seventh Despite another afternoon of damage limitation, the world champion now finds himself 36 points behind Nico Rosberg in the standings after his Mercedes team-mate eased to a third straight victory in 2016.It was definitely a difficult one, Hamilton told Sky Sports F1. I got a good start, which is always difficult from the back. I tried to avoid what was ahead of me but got tangled in it.After that I battled through, but I just felt like every time I stopped I had to come through again, I wasnt gaining ground and at the end there wasnt enough tyres. Thats racing but its not a great finish. Hopefully onwards and upwards. Lewis Hamilton sustained front-wing damage at the first corner of the Chinese GP I have no hindsight at the moment.dddddddddddd This track is quite good because you can overtake and get close but the car was pretty damaged. Im sure some aero parts were damaged but I think the suspension was too. The car was flexing like crazy today, like a four-poster bed.Toto Wolff could only reflect on a bittersweet afternoon, as Rosberg extended his total winning streak to six races. The Mercedes team boss confirmed that the front wing was damaging the bargeboard and floor of Hamiltons car, severely affecting the aerodynamics. Lewis Hamilton at one point looked like securing a fourth-place finish at the Chinese GP Hamilton had at one stage looked on for a fourth-placed finish in Shanghai, but came unstuck in the battle with Ricciardo and Massa on laps 43 and 44.While trying to pass the Williams he failed to defend himself, with Ricciardo eventually overtaking both drivers.That is quite possibly the worst lap I have seen Lewis Hamilton drive in a Formula 1 car, said Sky Sports F1s Martin Brundle.Dont miss the F1 Report on Wednesday at 8:30pm on Sky Sports F1 for full analysis of an action-packed Chinese Grand Prix at the Shanghai International Circuit. 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