With an eye for a bargain and a knack with discards, young Armidale ace Stirling Osland is primed to build on a bonanza with dual winner Leica Model on a booming Newcastle race day on Saturday.

Stirling Osland rarely misses when he targets Armidale home track meetings and is the value combination with international Ashley Morgan, airborne from riding a Dubbo winning treble into Tuesday’s TAB meeting.

Trainer Stirling Osland isn’t a stickler for weights and measures so remains confident Point Counterpoint can lug a big weight and win Sunday’s $60,000 Tooheys Armidale Cup (1900m) while warning the lighter weighted stablemate Kingstar Bullet shouldn’t be underestimated.

Armidale trainer Stirling Osland will break new ground with his first runner at Hawkesbury tomorrow – and it’s an important debut at the provincial track.

Rising regional trainer Stirling Osland rarely misses at home track Armidale meetings and with value prospects puts the circumstances in perspective for Tuesday’s seven-race TAB program.