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“He won a (rating) 75 1400m in his last start and it’s a 75 1600m this week, and he has already won over 1600m on the synthetic. It looks an ideal race.”

Riccarton Park’s synthetic track is proving popular with local trainer Lance Robinson, and he is looking forward to racing on the surface on Wednesday with a handful of runners.

Local trainers Michael and Matthew Pitman are hoping they can put some breathing room between themselves and Andrew Carston in the race to the South Island Trainers’ Premiership when they head to Riccarton’s synthetic meeting on Thursday.