While Kris Lees and team Messara-Gavranich have the form and numbers to dominate Sunday’s Muswellbrook ANZAC TAB meeting, Tony Ball is respected for his knack of long-priced winners travelling from his Taree stables.

Local trainer Tony Ball is running just one horse - Grand Horizon - at the Taree race meeting on Saturday and after booking in-form jockey Ben Looker to ride the mare he’s tipping a big run from her.

Local trainer Tony Ball is running just one horse - Grand Horizon - at the Taree race meeting on Saturday and after booking in-form jockey Ben Looker to ride the mare he’s tipping a big run from her.

Easily the richest race on the card at the Taree meeting on Tuesday is for horses that haven’t won a race yet and astute trainer Brett Partelle is convinced his galloper Lara’s Laulet is at least as good a chance as any in the field of breaking through.

The $100,000 Stacks Law Firm Taree Gold Cup over 2000 metres is a race local trainer Tony Ball doesn’t have much of a history in, but he’s hoping to change all that with Strobing at Sunday’s big meeting.