Trainer Dean Mirfin has thought for about a year that Scopics is an ideal horse for the $150,000 Newhaven Park Central Districts Country Championships (1400m) at Mudgee on Sunday and he says the gelding is on track to fire.

Third time lucky is a well worn cliché but it’s exactly what it will be if Lockdown Gamble can finally win the $150,000 Newhaven Park Central Districts Country Championships (1400m) at Mudgee on Sunday.