Tolga trainer Sharlee Hoffman is hopeful Maquereau can snap a frustrating run of placings when the gelding starts at Townsville on Tuesday.

A perfect barrier has boosted trainer Sharlee D’Avila’s confidence of claiming her biggest win of her career with Maquereau in the Cairns Amateur Cup at Cannon Park on Saturday.

With just three horses in work, Innisfail trainer Krystin Allender says she would be “over the moon” to qualify one of her gallopers for the 2021 TAB Battle of the Bush Final.

With just three horses in work, Innisfail trainer Krystin Allender says she would be “over the moon” to qualify one of her gallopers for the 2021 TAB Battle of the Bush Final.