Travelling plenty of kilometres is nothing new for Kody Nestor and his team but even by his standards the coming days are going to be extremely busy.
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The Dubbo trainer will contest five meetings in five days with horses set to race at Orange, Sydney, Forbes, Coonabarabran, and Scone.
Orange's Gold Cup showcase meeting is run on Friday before Saturday has Nestor saddling up Jailbreak and potentially What The Fuss in the landmark 200th edition of the Highway race at Royal Randwick.
Nestor will also be represented at Forbes' picnic meeting and Coonabarabran on Saturday while seven horses from his stables have also been nominated to race at Scone on Tuesday.
The Highway is the biggest race of the lot, with Nestor out for a third win in the country-only event.
The Dubbo trainer will have Nash Rawiller ride Jailbreak in what is a class field.
Jailbreak heads to the city having run third on debut for Nestor in February before recording back-to-back wins at Coonamble and Narromine.
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Both were commanding wins with the latter a convincing victory of more than three lengths despite being the top weight.
He'll carry 58kg on Saturday but did draw barrier 17 for the 1200m race.
"First look, it's as strong a Highway as I've seen - a stack of last start winners but he's progressed super so we're coming at the right time," Nestor told Racing NSW.
"He's a three-year-old up in grade obviously against older horses but countering that is so much upside.
"I've got no doubt he's up to them without declaring he's anywhere near a good thing in a tough race. We've been lucky enough to book Nash.
"Ideally we'd have liked to draw a closer in, but we'll be looking to slot in with cover. And he's closed off really strong in both wins."
Country Championships winning trainer Matthew Dunn has Bonanova's Dream in the race while Aiden St Vincent's Hellenism.
Hellenism won a Highway event last start to take his record to three wins and two placings from five starts.
Prior to the Randwick challenge, Nestor will have King's Army, One Proud, Eva's Deel, and Risk And Reward race at Orange's showcase meeting.
Risk And Reward will contest the day's feature sprint event while One Pound is looking to follow-up a last-start win at Wellington.
The Dubbo trainer, who had Fast Talking run a strong fourth in the recent Country Championships Final, has six horses set for Saturday's TAB meeting at Coonabarabran as well as two set for to trial there while two chances will go to Forbes.
Among his Coonabarabran hopefuls is Shazza, who was previously trained by Craig Widdison but ran second for Nestor on debut at Dubbo earlier in the month.
Kate Cowan, the apprentice based with Nestor, is locked in to ride at Orange and Coonabarabran.
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Nick Guthrie
I started working at the Daily Liberal in 2013 and now hold the position of senior journalist. I cover all that's happening in sport in Dubbo and the wider western area and have a passion for doing so. If you've got a story that needs telling, reach out.
I started working at the Daily Liberal in 2013 and now hold the position of senior journalist. I cover all that's happening in sport in Dubbo and the wider western area and have a passion for doing so. If you've got a story that needs telling, reach out.
