The father and son training partnership of Richard and Will Freedman, enjoying a successful first half of the 2022/23 season with 31.5 winners in two states, will send two well-fancied gallopers to Saturday's Newcastle race meeting on the Course Proper.

Goulburn trainer Tash Burleigh will make a rare appearance at Wyong on Thursday when she saddles up Pokerjack ($2.40 favourite on TAB), her only runner on the day, in the Ainsworth Leisure Group Maiden Plate (1100m). The four-year-old has been runner-up in his only two starts this preparation at Hawkesbury and Kembla and he is well placed after in-form apprentice Amy McLucas claims 3kg.

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