Regional riding great Grant Buckley, with a typical full book, will reassess the form with his most valuable ally if conditions worsen from rain at Narromine’s ANZAC tribute TAB meeting on Thursday.

The omens are as compelling as the form lines for Rod Northam’s connections with Tango Stepz ($51 on TAB), his TAB Highway stablemate to his The Kosciuszko contender Spiranac ($9) on a fabulous The TAB Everest occasion at Royal Randwick on Saturday.