It's not quite the early bird catching the worm but the early horse will capture the Goblet at Dubbo Turf Club on Friday.
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Club general manager Vince Gordon can't remember too many times when there's been 10 races on the card at his tracl but that's the case on Friday, with the first event jumping at 11.05am.
The prestigious Silver Goblet two-year-old feature is that first race, with a huge amount of potential to take to the track.
While NSW's most successful trainer this season, Kris Lees, will saddle up leading hope Triple Ace and Group 1 winner Gerald Ryan will send Conscript west for the $27,000 event, there will be three hometown hopes in the mix as well.
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Kody Nestor has two first-starters set for the Goblet while Dar Lunn will be looking for Praline to continue a strong start to his career after a debut second was followed by a Dubbo Turf Club victory last week.
Galleries Supreme and Boom Boom Basil are coming out of the same trial for Nestor, the former finishing fourth while the latter was seventh.
The trial last Monday was a handy one, with former Country Championships finalist Westlink finishing the winner, but Nestor's pair showed promise in their first time on the track.
Anthony Cavallo rode Galleries Supreme in the trial and will take the sit again on Friday.
"It was an overclassed trial. Not an easy race to start off with but she should naturally improve," he said.
"It's not an easy race to start off with but she goes good. If she doesn't win this time she'll be winning soon."
Cavallo has ridden Galleries Supreme, the progeny of Group 1 winner Wandjina and Galleries, in trackwork.
He's developed a strong partnership with Nestor in recent years, having helped the Dubbo trainer score a first city win with Toulon Brook last August.
"Kody's a good horseman and his family's a big asset to him," Cavallo said of the in-form Nestor team.
"They all work really well together. I admire Kody and what he's done. He's a hard worker and he's put in the hard yards.
"His apprentices are really good. He's in a good spot at the moment and I just hope it keeps going for him."
Also among the Goblet contenders is Without Shame, which will be ridden by Greg Ryan for Tamworth's Sue Grills, and the Scone duo of Stephen Jones' Nicator and Brett Cavanaough's I Promise You.
Cavallo will also ride the handy Forgiato for Nestor, who has 35 wins to his name this season, on Friday.
The Rhino Cup (1610m) and Winter Country Classic Final (1310m) are the day's other features.
