Another potential place in the Big Dance at Randwick in November goes on the line on Sunday with the running of the $40,000 Ultra Fleet Gunnedah Showcase Cup (1600m).

Clear Thinking, a four-year-old mare bred by the late Queen Elizabeth II, makes her eagerly awaited debut at Saturday’s Newcastle Jockey Club race meeting.

Few things give Aaron Bullock more pleasure than to look over on the drive home from a country race meeting and see a Country Cup or Championships trophy sitting on the passenger’s seat.

Aaron Bullock, trailing leader Tyler Schiller by three wins in the NSW Jockeys' Premiership, has an outstanding book of rides at Newcastle Jockey Club's mammoth nine-race meeting on Saturday.

The Newhaven Park Country Championships heads to Tamworth on Sunday for the $150,000 Hunter & North West region’s qualifier.