Captorg is in line for a win on his home track at Ashburton tomorrow after twice finishing second at the Grand National meeting.
He is among eight horses trainer Pam Gerard has engaged tomorrow.
"Captorg is the class horse of the team. He did a lot of hard work in both his races at Riccarton and just got beaten," Gerard said.
She has a high regard for Moneyforjam (race 5), who finished for second to Excuseable on the middle day of the National meeting when having her first start.
"She has a fair bit of ability but she is still immature," Gerard said.
Cee Gee Jay (race 10) is a sound chance after a second to Warrant at the National meeting.
General Mac, who has been racing over fences, reverts to flat racing in race 1. He was a useful fifth over the 2100m distance at Washdyke in June.
General Mac will be back jumping at Washdyke on Friday week, along with Superglow, a maiden hurdles winner at the National meeting.
Goosebumps, another member of the stable, is due to have his first start over hurdles.
• Additional information for the meetings today:
Pakuranga Hunt
Scratchings
Race 1: A Soldier's Song.
Race 3: Papa Don't Preach.
Weather, fine, track heavy (11); rail, out 12.5m
Taranaki TR
Scratching
Race 8: Rumour Has It.
Weather, fine; track, heavy (10); rail, out 3m.
• Bulginbaah, the grand performer, has been retired after he fractured his cannon bone in the Foxbridge Plate last Saturday.
The 11yr-old has been attended by his Wanganui trainer, Catherine Wilson, at a Hamilton veterinary clinic since he underwent surgery on Monday to have three screws inserted in the leg.
Bulginbaah won the Foxbridge Plate in 2006, 2009 and 2010 and finished second and fourth in 2008 and 2007.
The Starjo gelding won 22 races and gained 31 placings for $714,450 in stakes.
Bulginbaah won fresh up at Awapuni on July 9.
His wins included the Challenge Stakes at Wanganui and Awapuni in 2007, the 2007 Ashhurst Pohangina Cup, Higgins Challenge Stakes and 2009 Rangitikei Cup.
He was originally trained by breeder Ken Cropp, who subsequently trained in partnership with Wilson before he died. She shared in the ownership of Bulginbaah with Cropp, his sister, Margaret Cropp and Janice Pine, of Wanganui.
• Queensland Derby winner Shootoff will have to buck the trend if he is to be a force in the major Cups races this spring, AAP reports.
The Graeme Rogerson-trained 4yr-old will launch his spring carnival campaign in the Warwick Stakes today.
In recent years, Queensland Derby winners have struggled to figure in the major spring staying races as 4yr-olds.
Lachlan River won the Brisbane feature in 2005 and was fifth to Makybe Diva in the Melbourne Cup while 2000 winner Freemason finished sixth to Brew at Flemington and fourth to Diatribe in the Caulfield Cup.
Outside that pair, the Cup pickings have been slim.
Shootoff showed he might just be the horse to break the hoodoo with his close-up fourth behind Scenic Shot, My Kingdom Of Fife and Glass Harmonium in the Doomben Cup in May, a start prior to his Derby triumph.
He will again take on weight-for-age company today and Rogerson will be happy to see Shootoff finding the line.
Shootoff had a three-week break after his Queensland Derby win and would have some residual fitness from his winter campaign.
Michael Rodd was aboard for the group one success but is required at Moonee Valley today when his mounts include up-and-coming stayer December Draw for Mark Kavanagh.
In his absence Tye Angland, visiting from Hong Kong, has gained the Warwick Stakes mount.
Secret Admirer and Ilovethiscity, who have given jockey Brenton Avdulla his two biggest moments in racing when they resume racing at Warwick Farm today.
Secret Admiter gave Avdulla his first group one win when she was successful in the Flight Stakes last year. He won the group one Randwick Guineas on Ilovethiscity in the spring.
"They're two of my favourites," Avdulla said.
"I've always had a soft spot for the filly [Secret Admirer] because she was my first group one winner."
