Spreyton trainer Yassy Nishitani will take two runners to Hobart on Sunday, and he is expecting both runners to perform well.

He may be a 3yo who has just won his fourth race but Cornelian Bay looms as a horse for the future. It’s not how many races he has won but the way he goes about it. At both his starts this campaign, Cornelian Bay ($4.60 to $3.40) has looked susceptible but he’s found a way, mainly through his explosive burst of speed.

Sunday thoroughbred racing is on the synthetic in Devonport for a nine-race program.

Sunday thoroughbred racing is in the north-west of Tasmania with eight races to be decided in Devonport.

Promising three-year-old Freak on a Lead is likely to start favourite to make it back-to-back wins when he steps out in the Kevin Sharkie Class 1 Handicap over 1200m in Hobart on Sunday.