After weeks of waiting, champion reinsman Dexter Dunn has been granted a working visa to drive in the USA.
Dunn will team up with former Kiwi trainer Chris Ryder for a driving stint that is expected to last less than two months.
The reinsman will leave for his American campaign next month.
Dunn announced in May he planned to drive in North America but struggled to get a working visa.
Bizarrely, the former world championship winner and ten-time New Zealand champion reinsman had to prove to US authorities he was of a world class standard.
Dunn had been waiting for his visa application to be reconsidered until this week.
Mark Purdon and Rasmussen's former stable star Lazarus will have his first official hit-out on American soil at 1am on Sunday morning (New Zealand time).
Lazarus has drawn barrier 1 in a one mile (1609m) qualifying event.
New trainer Jimmy Takter is not expecting Lazarus to be fully taxed by the workout.
"Lazarus is qualifying Saturday this is his first [qualifier] and we will just use it as a training mile and not fully stretch him out," he tweeted.
