Up and coming Gilgandra trainer Kieren Hazelton achieved his most important win to date when Not Too Bad won the 1700m Cowra Lamb-Cowra Cup on Sunday.

Goulburn trainer Scott Collings is hoping to secure a berth in the rich Newhaven Park Country Championships Final with a mare that hasn’t raced for four months.

Victorian raider Inverloch has run his rivals off their feet to land a gutsy victory in the Wagga Cup.

The NSW central western town of Coonamble is ramping up for next Sunday’s huge $150,000 Newhaven Park Western Region Country Championships Qualifier (1400m).