The second running of the Miners Rest Cup headlines Saturday afternoon’s dual code meeting at the King Island Racing Club.

Irish Butterfly is expected to appreciate the rise in trip when he heads out at Flemington.

The 2023/24 King Island Galloping and Pacing Cup headline Sunday afternoon’s six-race card.

Count down to Cup continues.

They are 350 kilometres apart, one sits off the north-east coast of mainland Tasmania, the other off the north-west, but both will be prominent at the Launceston meeting on Friday night.