The TAB Highway series, rising in status every season, invariably reveals intriguing anecdotes and none more so than Valiant.

Astute Scone veteran Stephen Jones might be outnumbered by bigger stables, but he has compelling form with select runners at Friday’s Muswellbrook TAB meeting where all concerned await weather developments.

Scone trainer Darren Egan with a lone runner and other small stables are typically outnumbered big-time by the Kris Lees juggernaut at Friday’s Tamworth TAB meeting, but Egan is upbeat with his former Waterhouse-Bott bargain buy Lancer.

Toro Toro is eyeing off a slot in the $1.3 million The Kosciuszko if he can step up to the mark in The Agency Real Estate Handicap (benchmark 72, 1100m) at Rosehill on Saturday.