Last year local trainer Greg Bennett saw Kaypers run third in the Scone Cup. This year the popular trainer hopes the horse can set the record straight and become the first locally-trained winner for many years.

Oh My Papa looks poised to tune up nicely for the Tamworth Cup with a win in the Prelude over 1400m this afternoon.

Fond memories of triple Melbourne Cup winner Makybe Diva will be revided if Scone-trained mare Oh My Papa can win Sunday's $40,000 Coonamble Cup.

Rod Northam is casting his mind back to the win by Impaler in the 2005 Scone Cup as he works out the way forward with his talented four-year-old Ice Baa.

This time last year Scone trainer Greg Bennett was confident race favourite Kaypers could win the $60,000 Muswellbrook Cup.