Champion three-year-old Never Ending is out of tomorrow night’s Cowden Insurance-Western Gateway (2536m) at Gloucester Park.

The WA Derby may still be more than four months away, but tomorrow night’s Beau Rivage @Gloucester Park Pace (2536m) has assembled a field with Group 1 qualities.

Exciting prospect Mister Smartee has made a winning start to his time in Western Australia, taking out the Lucky Charm Newsagency Pinjarra Pace (2185m) at Pinjarra this afternoon.

Port Macquarie trainer Tas Morton will be chasing his second Akubra Kempsey Cup in three years on Friday with evergreen eight-year-old Mister Smartee.

Esteemed Vietnam war veteran Tas Morton has "declared" Mister Smartee for a repeat win in Friday's TAB $40,000 Akubra Kempsey Cup (1450m) and recalls the grand days when the iconic Ken Howard guest called the race and Tommy Smith won in the formative years.