A barrier draw of 2 for Luisanabelle Midfrew seemed like a godsend for Oamaru driver Matthew Williamson when he checked out the fields for tomorrow’s Breeders Crown meeting at Melton, near Melbourne.
Apprentice jockey Jacob Lowry will take on the role of travelling foreman with High Forty as he makes the journey north from Wingatui to Ellerslie for the Great Northern Steeplechase.
Phil Williamson might have brought up 500 career training wins on Sunday, but he is still 19 wins short of the real target in his mind - 500 trotting wins.
The feet are sorted and so are the insides as Arran Chief starts to build up towards a possible tilt at one of New Zealand trotting’s great races with a race at Addington tonight.
Oamaru driver Matthew Williamson will spend the next few days studying the Australian 3yr-old fillies' form closely ahead of his Victorian driving debut at Bendigo on Saturday night.