A massive amount of nominations saw Mudgee's Easter Sunday TAB meeting move from seven races to eight during the week.
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After the Orange Cup and other country meetings were washed out recently there has been plenty of horses looking for a start and all indications are Mudgee will run without a weather glitch.
One Mudgee-trained mare directly benefiting from Sunday's extra race is Burrenjunction Spy who will line up in the second Butcher Shop Cafe Benchmark 50 Handicap (1200 metres).
There were originally 42 nominations for the one race but it was soon turned in to two events aiming to give more horses a much needed run.
Burrenjunction Spy is a five-year-old that has returned some good results for trainer Max Crockett this preparation including a second at Cowra and winning on its home track in February. It is owned by Burren Junction publican Craig Lusby.
Crockett said yesterday the mare had been a bit unlucky in its last two starts at Bathurst and Coonamble respectively.
"A couple of times she was drawn off the track and if she races half as better on Sunday then we'll be looking good," he said.
"She's drawn barrier eight which will suit her to not get boxed in early and then sit behind the leaders. Also with Greg Ryan on board that give you a couple of lengths there already."
The Mudgee trainer will also run Lancelot in the Happy Easter Sunday Open Handicap (1100 metres) as a second-up run this preparation.
Crockett admits this is a sizable drop in length for the four-year-old gelding but is part of a greater plan to potentially run him over the Gooree Cup mile in May.
"I've really freshened him up and he's looking race fit. I'm looking at running him in the Gooree mile and after Orange was cancelled I needed a race for him otherwise it would have been seven weeks without a run and that's just too long. This Easter sprint will be good fro him," Crockett said.
In his last start Lancelot came home strong in the Wellington Cup (1700 metres) to finish only a length behind form Mudgee-trained horses Are You Sure and Slate on Edge.
"Mathew Cahill is on Lancelot this time and Mathew's back from his suspension and keen to go," Crockett said.
He said the Mudgee track was looking like a bowling green after all the rain and great track preparation.