CHANGINGOFTHEGUARD will be the first Sydney Cup winner in two decades to contest the Newcastle Gold Cup in the same year. Leading Newcastle trainer Kris Lees has announced the $300,000 Gold Cup (2300m) at Broadmeadow on Friday week as the import’s next target. It was Lees in fact who had the last horse to attempt to complete the Sydney Cup – Newcastle Cup double in the same year, though not in the same season. That was former stable warrior County Tyrone, who at his fourth at