Brisbane trainer Liam Birchley is looking at options in two states as he negotiates the tricky path to qualify horses for the $2 million Magic Millions Two Year Old Classic.Birchley has qualified at least one runner in the Classic for the past decade and has several two-year-olds on course for next months race at the Gold Coast.While he is yet to win the Classic he has had several minor placegetters with his best result Paprikas close second in 2009.Sista Act led most of the way to win a QTIS Two-Year-Old race and picked up $12,000 prize money at the Sunshine Coast last week.But Birchley realises that wont be enough to get her into the field for the Classic on January 14.I dont think winning a Saturday race in Brisbane will even be enough, Birchley said.There are some stakes races in Brisbane but I might even slip down to Wyong for the Millions race later this month.Sista Act has her share of pace and she would be suited by Wyong.The Wyong Magic Millions, to be run on December 22, has been a good guide to the Classic with recent winners Capitalist and Unencumbered both going on to win the big race.The Birchley-trained Real Princess has earned $52,000 for a Doomben win and a Toowoomba second and should have enough to get into the Millions field.I was able to give her a break after her Doomben win. 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PHILADELPHIA -- Joel Embiid yanked the rim with such force on a two-handed dunk that he managed a quick pull-up before he let go and snapped it back into position.Hes going to break the rim, right there, a 76ers employee said, laughing.The rim was sturdy during a pregame drill.So now, is Embiid.Embiid has teased the Sixers since he was picked third overall in the 2014 draft with the expectation he would become the cornerstone center that would lift the Sixers to -- well, lets start with 20 wins.What he became instead was a flawed symbol of a so-called Process that saw a losses-into-lottery methodology leave the organization as the worst in the NBA. The Liberty Bell crack would seemingly heal quicker than the broken bones in Embiids right foot. He had surgeries in consecutive years that cost him his first two seasons and relegated his double-doubles to snappy Snapchat and Instagram posts.The wait for Embiid is over.He is not only healthy enough to have his minutes bumped to a preseason-high 20 on Saturday night against Detroit, the Sixers have considered backing off their plan of holding him out one game of back-to-back sets. The Sixers first set of consecutive games is Nov. 1 and 2 and they have 17 this season.We would have guessed that back-to-backs would have been off the table, that they wouldnt have happened, coach Brett Brown said. I feel like where we now are at watching him, its stuff we are completely considering. To say it will happen, I cant say that.Embiid caused a scare when he landed awkwardly on his right foot in the first half Saturday, but he played in the second half for the first time in six preseason games and wowed the crowd by faking a spin before a left-handed layup and emphatic first pump for part of his 15 points.I like the pressure, I like the responsibility, Embiid said.Brown, in his fourth season, said he would take a cautious approach with Embiids minutes.There are some times just with normal aches and the other parts of his body that you pay attention. Its still a 275-pound, 7-foot-2 man going up and down the court, he said. How about his motor, when he puts his mind to it? How about hiss lateral quickness, when he puts his mind to it? To get that stuff, just harder, longer, makes you think we have to take this course.ddddddddddddOK, so Embiid is back for the 10-win Sixers.But who will join him in the frontcourt?Once thought to have a logjam in the paint, the Sixers instead have more mystery. Big men, big questions: Who is ready for the 76ers?Jahlil Okafor led the Sixers with 17.5 points and 7.0 rebounds in his rookie year before he was shut down in March for surgery on a torn right meniscus in his right knee. The Sixers said he was expected to resume basketball activities in about six weeks.Six weeks has stretched into seven months. Okafor, the 6-foot-11 center out of Duke, has yet to play in the preseason and the Sixers are hopeful he can play in the Oct. 26 opener against Oklahoma City.The movement at times produces some things that make us feel like we dont want to push it forward too much, Brown said. There is some biting, there is a little bit of pain. We just pull him back.Nerlens Noel, another key cog in the rebuilding process, hasnt played since the first preseason game because of a strained left groin. Noel complained about the glut of big men (I dont see a way of it working) as he entered training camp.Oh, and theres the little matter of No. 1 overall pick Ben Simmons sidelined indefinitely with a broken bone in his right foot.Robert Covington started at power forward against Detroit and Dario Saric, another `14 draft pick yet to play a regular season game for the 76ers, was at small forward. And, yes, its preseason, but the Sixers were still crushed 97-76 by the Pistons, and another lousy season is on tap in Philly.Embiid could make it a smidge brighter. He was 5 of 8 from the floor with five rebounds and an ugly seven turnovers before a crowd that cheered his every move. Nothing fancy, but spotting Embiids name on a stat sheet instead of an injury report is a rare reprieve from the gloom that dooms the 76ers.We all see how good we think he can be, Brown said. ' ' '