Vilified ($19 into $16 on TAB), a brave injury plagued half-brother entire to the mighty Yes Yes Yes and a Maher & Eustace discard, is pure inspiration into a Royal Randwick TAB Highway on Saturday.

Dual licensee Peter Graham is sticking strictly to the riding half of the equation at Tuesday’s Taree race meeting and is in such demand that he’ll be legged up in each of the five races for five different trainers.

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.

You weren’t imagining it at Taree last Friday – Peter Graham really did train the winner of the second-last race at the meeting and then rode the winner of the last.