Leighton Hest and Running On Time are the best-performed horses in the field.
Leighton Hest has the advantage that his recent form has been more impressive.
The 7yr-old won fresh up at Winton on May 27 after starting from 40m. He finished fifth in his subsequent start at Oamaru from a 50m handicap. Dexter Dunn, who drove five winners at Addington last Friday, has been engaged for Leighton Hest. The Dream Vacation gelding joined the Waikouaiti stable of Andrew Faulks for his latest preparation after surgery on a hind tendon. Leighton Hest won five times at Addington when trained by Phil Williamson. His wins included the 2009 Four-Year-Old Trotters Championship.
Donegal Delight (race 7) and Christen Me (race 10) are other top prospects for Dunn tonight.
He also has the drives on Pennsylvania and Texican in heats of the Breeders' Crown, both non-totalisator events.
Dunn is aiming for a $2 million stakes tally before the end of the season on July 29. He is on $1,957,550 after driving Bit Of A Legend and Chanelle Bromac, both trained by Cran Dalgety, to win non-totalisator heats of the Breeders' Crown at Cambridge last night. The wins took his driving tally for the season to 181. It is his best stakes tally for a season, surpassing $1,951,274 in 2008-09.
He is in line to top the premiership for the fifth successive season. He has a best total of 220 wins last season.
Donegal Delight has won three of her last four starts including the Rangiora Winter Cup from a 30m handicap last time. She is in a free-for-all tonight.
Christen Me has won easily in his two starts since joining the stable of Cran Dalgety, who prepares the 3yr-old for Auckland breeder Charlie Roberts and Vicki Purdon.
Bettor Blaze, a workout winner at Rangiora last Saturday and rival for Christen Me, has joined the Woodend Beach stable of Greg and Nina Hope.
Bettor Blaze was a winner at Hawera in April when trained by Sean McCaffrey.
