Ahead of the biggest meeting of the year at his home track on Friday, Dubbo trainer Peter Lew will be in action at Bathurst Paceway on Wednesday night.
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Dubbo Paceway will hold its annual Carnival of Cups meeting - headlined by the Red Ochre Mares Classic Final - on Friday but Lew will firstly have Missus Gone and Willies Dollar go around at Bathurst.
Missus Gone will make the second start of her career on Wednesday night, having previously gone unplaced in two starts.
Blake Micallef will have the drive in the Mel Mara 1.47 Pace (1730m) at Bathurst while John O'Shea will be in the gig of Willies Dollar in the penultimate event of the night.
Willies Dollar is yet to place in four career starts and will go around in the Graeme Board and Co 2021 Sales Result Prelude (1730m) on Wednesday.
Willies Dollar's best result was a fourth last time out at Bathurst.
Elsewhere on Wednesday night, Sport Cadet heads to the track in career best form.
"He's been pretty handy, to be honest. He's in a good grade at the moment and he keeps turning up every week," he said.
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Sport Cadet has been backed in as the early favourite for the Northern Rivers Equine Pace (1730 metres), at $3 for the third race of the meeting.
He's drawn barrier two in the second row.
"He's probably better on the front end," Muscat said.
"It's not going to be too bad for him. He's two off the back one, so he should be mid-field or somewhere."
Of his last 13 starts, Sport Cadet has raced 10 times at Bathurst, but his last three runs have all been away from his local track.
His most recent start was a second at Young on December 7, which was coming after two starts at Menangle - a first on November 23 and a third on November 16.
The gelding made the move out to the Central West during the middle of the year, with owner Dawson sending him out to Muscat's stables.
It seems like the change to the country has been a breath of fresh air for Sport Cadet, after managing just a couple of wins at his regular track at Penrith from quite a few starts.
Since Muscat starting training the gelding has started 16 times for four wins, three seconds and six thirds.
Wednesday will be a busy night for Muscat, having six drives at the nine-race meeting.
He's in the gig for two other horses he trains - He Said She Said and Knight Walker - while also being charged to drive two pacers - Coastal Girl and Mighty Atom - for Mat Rue, who is out suspended.
Muscat's other drive on the night will be for the Aaron Williams-trained Nightwatch Star, the $101 outsider drawing barrier six in race two.
