Young trainer Damien Lane will be a man on a mission when he saddles up Pirate Ben in Sunday’s $40,000 Coonamble Cup (1600m).

Gai Waterhouse will have her first starter at Australia’s most famous picnic race meeting on Friday when she runs last start provincial winner Rochallor in the Bong Bong Cup.

Gary Truran, the owner of Krambach Cup competitor Attitude Pays, is no stranger to success at Taree.