Muswellbrook’s racing matriarch Jan Bowen thought Ollie’s Secret ($12 on TAB) promising enough to contest tougher races than Saturday’s TAB Highway at Rosehill Gardens where he has vital factors in his favour at big value.

Regional trainers don’t dare dream of improving discarded Chris Waller-trained Stakes gallopers, so for Bathurst doyen Gayna Williams it was about patience and time in her attempt.

Tough gelding Tags, pivotal in one of the unluckiest episodes in regional racing, makes an intriguing return after a year’s absence into a hot TAB Highway at Rosehill Gardens on Saturday.

Business is booming for Dubbo trainer Clint Lundholm and he is primed to strike another perfect note with a team that includes fairytale horse Listen To The Band going to the $150,000 Newhaven Park WRA Country Championships Qualifier over 1400m at Coonamble on Sunday.

Gayna Williams, a regular Country Championships and TAB Highway contender, invariably presents at home track Bathurst and offers value combining with in-form Irish jockeys Ellen Hennessy and Louise Day at Tuesday’s TAB meeting.