In front of the biggest crowd at a Parkes Cup meeting for many years, the feature race was a thriller with the Terry Croft, Hawkesbury-trained Just A Brother gaining the judges verdict in a four-way photo finish.

The combination of trainer Matthew Dale and jockey Nick Heywood will attempt to go one better than last year when they tackle Sunday's $40,000 Parkes Services Club Parkes Cup (1600m) with Toretto ($4 on TAB).

Cliff House – the well supported TAB favourite ($2.30 into $1.95) to win Sunday’s XXXX Gold Gundagai Cup (1800m) – has a few different obstacles to overcome to win the feature race, according to trainer Tim Donnelly.

Dubbo trainer Michael Mulholland will be hoping the Gilgandra Cup form can hold up when his talented galloper Athena’s Lad ($3.90) contests Sunday’s $36,000 Cowra Lamb Cowra Cup (1700m).

Dubbo trainer Michael Mulholland is making the long trek to Taree for the first time for Tuesday’s meeting and he’s got the right horses to make the trip worthwhile.