A late call to send Turquoise King to Sydney paid dividends for Hawkes Racing and underlined the benefits of their two-state operation.

A drying track at Rosehill convinced the Hawkes training team to roll the dice and run the last-start Melbourne winner in Saturday's Sportsyear Sprint (1200m).

Turquoise King stalked the speed set by Two Blue and had enough in hand to hold off the closers, giving the Hawkes stable a race-to-race double after the success of Cleansing Ale.

"It was an eleventh-hour decision to bring him up from Melbourne," Michael Hawkes said.

"He doesn't like wet tracks and neither does the first winner so it looks as though the track is alright to me.

Turquoise King was well supported, firming from $7.50 to start $6 and scored by a short neck from Farewell ($17) with Pitt Street ($91) another long head away.

"James (McDonald) rode a picture-perfect race. He just sat off that leader and didn't panic, peeled off at the right time and won," Hawkes said.

The four-year-old is building an impressive record and has now won half of his 10 starts.

Hawkes said they may look to step him up to stakes company but had no concrete plans.

Turquoise King is raced by Hawkes Racing's long-time client Tony Pistikakis who has had success with Caulfield Cup winner Railings and Australian Derby victor Headturner.