Pony-sized but big hearted Claptone is primed to deliver 30-year country trainer Julie Lynch her most significant win in the traditional Walcha Cup at Friday’s booming TAB meeting.

There will be no shortage of Albury Gold Cup carnival contenders on display with several prospective candidates to contest the prelude of the City Handicap on Sunday.

After starting with the great Patrick Payne and then indentured to astute Mitchell Beer, opportunities are emerging rapidly for rookie apprentice Fiona Sandkuhl riding the form and weighted runner Claptone in Saturday’s TAB Yenda Group $17000 (1350m) Griffith Cup.

Trainer Andrew Bourke is literally a one-man band with two horses in training at Boorowa – a once a year race club with a big country heart.