Murwillumbah trainer Matthew Dunn will send a strong team to Grafton on Tuesday where he has a number of leading contenders spread across four races.

It’s a fair commitment to drive a 900km round trip to ride in a barrier trial but jockey Matthew McGuren did just that to give himself the best chance of winning Sunday’s $150,000 Newhaven Park Hunter & North West Country Championships (1400m) on Rhythm Is A Dancer.

Tamworth trainer Jacob Perrett is under no illusions as he attempts to claim his first TAB Highway win with $26 outsider Wiggles.

Impasse has led home stablemate Badoosh in the Murwillumbah Cup.

Northern aces Ben Looker and Matthew McGuren ride the numbers and form to dominate Friday’s capacity Lismore TAB meeting.