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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.Jonathan Huberdeau Jersey . -- Charline Labonte couldnt have asked for a better homecoming. 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He accepted earlier this week and the team made the announcement Friday.The past two weekends of Mississippi States football season have been a dramatic roller coaster ride: ascending to a euphoric high and dropping to a sobering low.First, there was a stunning 35-28 win over then-No. 4 Texas A&M on Nov. 5 that shook up the national playoff picture. Then last weekend, the Bulldogs were totally dominated in a 51-3 loss to No. 1 Alabama.Theres certainly no shame in losing to the Crimson Tide, but the fact that the Bulldogs (4-6, 2-4 Southeastern Conference) werent competitive was frustrating for the program. Now Mississippi State must win its final two games, starting with a home game against Arkansas (6-4, 2-4) on Saturday, to become bowl eligible for a seventh straight season.We just have our backs in a corner and we have to find a way to win, Mullen said.Mullen didnt seem concerned that the lopsided Alabama loss blunted momentum from the Texas A&M win. Sometimes, he said, you just have to acknowledge a tough game and move on.I think Alabama has done a great job of separating themselves a little bit, Mullen said. But I think when you watch every other game, I dont know if there is a result with any two teams that would shock anyone within the SEC West.With that in mind, the Arkansas-Mississippi State matchup appears to be much more fair fight.Mississippi State has a fairly balanced offensive attack, but leans toward the run game. Sophomore quarterback Nick Fitzgerald is tied for seventh in the SEC with 854 yards rushing and eeight touchdowns.dddddddddddd He often teams with running back Aeris Williams, who has improved as the seasons progressed, to form a potent combo when running the Bulldogs read-option offense.Williams, a 6-foot-1, 217-pound sophomore, became a bigger part of the offense when starter Brandon Holloway missed a few games with an ankle injury. Now Holloway is back, but Williams is still getting plenty of playing time.He was given that opportunity and certainly made the most of it, Mullen said.Arkansas has struggled to stop the run. The Razorbacks are giving up 217.6 yards per game on the ground, which ranks 12th out of 14 league teams.Mississippi States current predicament is similar to 2013, when the Bulldogs were 4-6 in November and had a young team, but rallied to beat Arkansas and Ole Miss in the final two weeks to make the postseason.Mullen hopes the current young nucleus that includes Fitzgerald, Williams, freshman defensive tackle Jeffrey Simmons and linebacker Leo Lewis can pull off a similar feat.There are a lot of similarities, Mullen said. Both teams were very young we suffered a lot of injuries that year. We had some tough games and there we are with two games left having to go battle and fight.-----Follow David Brandt on Twitter: www.twitter.com/davidbrandtAP . 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