Comeback jockey Brooke Stower assures she has a calming influence on “monster” and former problem galloper Epic Ranger ($19 on TAB) in the TAB Highway Plate, 1500m at Rosehill Gardens on Saturday.

Kempsey’s larrikin veteran Barry Ratcliff narrowly missed a career ambition with lifelong mates, but he’s far from deflated, eyeing other occasions with his powerhouse mare Markievicz ($11 into $10 on TAB) into a TAB $100,000 Class 3, 1400m, Highway at Rosehill Gardens on Saturday.

It’ll take just over 70 seconds at Rosehill on Saturday for trainer Terry Robinson so know whether lightly raced mare Danzadel will be given her chance to contest the Newhaven Park South East Country Championship next month.

The Terry Robinson-trained King’s Trust is remarkably lining up for his 16th shot at a Highway Handicap this Saturday.

Kathy O’Hara has celebrated a significant career milestone at Kembla Grange.