Taree trainers Tony Ball and Wayne Wilkes have got wet trackers in form and ready to lap up the conditions on their home course at the Manning Valley Race Club meeting scheduled for Taree on Monday.

Five-year-old Rory Turnbull could have quite the story to tell when he turns up at kindergarten next week after a horse named in his honour, Run Rory Run, contests Sunday’s $150,000 Newhaven Park Mid North Coast Country Championships (1400m) at Tuncurry.