Will it be third time lucky for Hawkesbury trainer Nick Mitchell in the Provincial Champions Final at Randwick on April 8.

Could this be the year the jinx that has given the QTC Cup the unwanted reputation as Australia’s bogy race be finally laid to rest?

A cool ride by leading country jockey Mathew Cahill aboard Canberra-trained mare Just A Blur gave him his second Wagga Town Plate on Thursday.

The late Bede Murray would have been proud of his son Paul’s training efforts at Wagga on Thursday.

The Wagga Gold Cup Carnival commences on Thursday with the Day 1 feature the $100,000 Town Plate.