Muswellbrook’s racing matriarch Jan Bowen thought Ollie’s Secret ($12 on TAB) promising enough to contest tougher races than Saturday’s TAB Highway at Rosehill Gardens where he has vital factors in his favour at big value.

Regional trainers don’t dare dream of improving discarded Chris Waller-trained Stakes gallopers, so for Bathurst doyen Gayna Williams it was about patience and time in her attempt.