A decision to treat Markwell Dreamer as a pure short courser has been a masterstroke by trainer Joe Burges and he hopes the gelding can be rewarded with a win at Kensington on Wednesday.

He’s A Copy Boy will be shooting for his fourth straight win when he contests the feature race - the Wingham Services Club Wingham Cup - at Taree on Tuesday and veteran trainer Ross Stitt says the horse is as good as he can get him going into the event.

Two local trainers are keeping an eye on the weather as they contemplate their best hopes of winning the feature Kennards Hire Taree Benchmark 66 Handicap over 1412m at Manning Valley Race Club’s TAB meeting at Taree on Monday.

Taree’s two leading trainers add plenty of interest to Manning Valley Race Club’s TAB meeting at Bushland Drive Racecourse on Friday