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Experienced Hawkesbury trainer Garry Frazer is hoping his home track meeting on Thursday will be the start of a big couple of days for the stable.

The three-times G1 winning mentor will have three runners at Hawkesbury and believes lightly-raced In The Zone is the pick of his trio.

His focus then turns to Saturday meetings at Randwick and Doomben, where he will be represented by Playard and Spright respectively.

Playard was responsible for an excellent performance when narrowly beaten at the Scone Cup carnival earlier this month and unplaced only once from seven starts.

Spright heads north to contest the $150,000 Glenlogan Park Stakes (1350m), and Tim Clark will be a new rider for her.

Whereas Playard has drawn the rails at Randwick it’s the complete opposite with Spright, who fared poorly at 16 in the Glenlogan Park against her own sex.

“She will still go to Brisbane,” Frazer said. “Her first-up run was tremendous and she has had no luck at her next two starts.

“I’m sure Spright is going as well as ever and I am confident Tim Clark’s style of riding will suit her.”

At Hawkesbury Frazer saddles In The Zone (Abax Contracting Provincial & Country Maiden Plate, 1300m), Music Miss (Schweppes F&M Class 1 Handicap, 1400m) and Perpetual Motion (Livamol Benchmark 60 Handicap, 2000m).

Tye Angland rides In The Zone, and Grant Buckley has the mounts on Music Miss and Perpetual Motion.

Frazer is looking forward to saddling In The Zone and is confident the Not A Single Doubt three-year-old is in fact “in the zone” for his resumption.

He returns as a gelding, after being all at sea on debut when seventh in a Gosford 3YO Maiden Plate (1100m) last November, and also will race in a tongue tie.

“We turned him out and later decided to geld him. I’m sure it will be the makings of him,” Frazer said.

“I do have an opinion of him and he has done nothing wrong in his two recent trials. He is ready to go back to the races and is definitely my best chance at Hawkesbury.”

He feels Music Miss will be better over more ground than 1400m and rates Perpetual Motion an each-way chance.