Trainer Kevin Kemp is hopeful Linthorpe Lad can add another chapter to one of the state’s most successful bloodlines in the Toowoomba Cup on Saturday.

Toowoomba trainer Dale Groves will need to find another kick-off point for talented mare Spirit’s Charm after being scratched from Doomben on Wednesday.

Trainer Peter Hulbert is hopeful Criminal Defence can provide him with his first Queensland Derby runner if the gelding passes a distance test at Eagle Farm on Wednesday.

Trainer Kevin Kemp is hopeful one of the State’s most successful bloodlines can help bring to an end the unbeaten run of talented gelding Brandwood at Ipswich on Wednesday.