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Tamworth’s Mark Mason last won a TAB Highway in mid-2016, and if the hard marking veteran is finally returning to Royal Randwick on Saturday with a near-record Scone winner in Taketheshot ($14 on TAB), it’s a compelling lead at value.

Canberra racing may have unearthed it’s next superstar in Matthew Dale’s Pretty Woman. The filly heads to the Group 3 $250,000 John McGrath Auto Group Black Opal Stakes this Sunday as a $3 favourite with TAB to become the first local winner of the race since You’re Canny in 2011.