Boom pacer Extreme Sea will start a hot favourite despite a second row draw in the Regional Championship Final – Metropolitan, feature race at Menangle on Saturday night.

They are racing on the Action Poly track for the first time this season. The surface lived up to expectations when commissioned last year giving every runner their chance. A tidy betting program.   

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It's fair to say emotion will be plentiful if debutante Cryptonic ($6 on TAB) makes a successful debut at his home track at Hawkesbury on Tuesday.

Local trainer Brad Widdup will attempt to add to his recent winning list when he sends around up to four runners at Tuesday’s Hawkesbury meeting.

It's fair to say emotion will be plentiful if debutante Cryptonic makes a successful debut at his home track at Hawkesbury tomorrow.

With the task getting harder at every start, Elson Boy keeps responding to the challenge and the outstanding front-runner made it four successive wins when taking out the 1400m Gooree Cup on Sunday at Mudgee.

Track Heavy 9 and rail out 3m from 1000m to 300m into a cut/away & True the remainder:

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A boom filly tackling progressive male trotters from three states creates an intriguing running of the Group 1 NSW Trotters Derby at Menangle on Saturday night.

There are a number of meetings set to take place on Friday including at Tamworth where nine races are set to take place.

The Goulburn Cup has a new date on the racing calendar - this year's Goulburn Cup (1400m) will now be run on Sunday, 25th August 2024.

Big Day Out ($13 on TAB) - which ran fourth in last year’s edition of the Albury Sprint Classic and lined up in last week’s Wagga Town Plate – could lead the charge of trainer Craig Weeding on Friday.