The Kaiapoi trainer, who rose to fame off the back of his deeds with the dual New Zealand Cup winner Monkey King and star mare Carabella, is getting a familiar buzz with the 4yr-old, who put in two contrasting runs at Addington during New Zealand Cup week.
Both runs produced victories, but Dalton Bromac went from badly behaved on the Tuesday to a far more polished product three days later.
The comprehensive performances have forced Hill to turn his gaze to the North Island and Australia for Dalton Bromac's next assignments.
The son of Major In Art will travel to Auckland in 10 days' time before having a workout at Alexandra Park on December 13.
''He'll race at Auckland on the 19th, then he'll race at Christmas Eve at Cambridge in the Futurity,'' Hill said.
If Dalton Bromac does not pick up a Chariots Of Fire invitation from his Cambridge race, Hill has the option of taking him to Marlborough for the Pelorus Classic on January 25 or heading to New South Wales to qualify.
''If he's lucky enough to make it in, that's fine, I'll still take him over and race before the Chariots,'' Hill said.
''I think if he doesn't make it and we're still happy with the horse, we'll still go and run in the heats.
"I don't think you can rock up and be really competitive - I think you've got to race him once or twice on the big track, maybe.''
The two dashing wins at Addington this month have had little impact on Dalton Bromac.
''He's looking bright - I've just got to watch he doesn't get away on me and put too much weight on.
"I want to give him a run at the workouts right-handed even though he's raced that way before. You're up in the grades now and you've got to be there to rock and roll now.''
Hill and co-owner Noel Bowden bought Dalton Bromac as a late 3yr-old after he had three starts for Cambridge trainers John and David Butcher.
''We watched him on TV and just saw something that we really liked. We made the phone call and said we'd buy him subject to the vet [inspection], and the rest is history.''
Hill was happy - but not overly so - when Dalton Bromac steered poorly on his way to a 1.55.3 mile rate win on New Zealand Cup Day and revealed that driver Ricky May was even less impressed.
''The first day he switched off and ran around and hung in and he should have won that by a lot more than he did. Ricky was pretty angry with him, actually - and I can see why because he knows he's better than that.
''But what he did on Show Day . . . in that wind to run that time [54.8sec for the last 800m], and to run away from a nice horse like Isaiah, I'd say definitely Show Day [was better].''
