Local trainer Brett Bellamy has high hopes he is in for a big day at Coffs Harbour on Sunday.

With the opportunity to steer a path towards the upcoming Newhaven Park Country Championship series, Boncassie ($3.60 favourite on TAB) is set to provide the testing material in the $65,000 GemLife Queen of the North at Port Macquarie on Friday.

Unlike a year ago, trainer Brett Bellamy can approach consistent mare Boncassie’s campaign with the confidence that she has done enough to make the field for next month’s Newhaven Park Northern Rivers Country Championships.

There might be only one person who wants to win the Coffs Harbour Cup more than local trainer Brett Bellamy, and that's jockey Raymond Spokes who'll handle Bellamy's Northern Knight ($14 on TAB) in Thursday's $150,000 feature.

With the benefit of recent placings under her belt, Vaporetto is poised for a successful return to the winner’s circle in the Caroma Class 1 Handicap at Port Macquarie on Saturday.