Trainer Olivia Cairns’s bid for an historic third Battle Of The Bush trophy during the Queensland Winter Carnival will pick up steam at a non-Tab country meeting at Nanango on Saturday.

Former Mackay trainer Olivia Cairns celebrated her biggest win since moving to Beaudesert nine months ago when Fire King claimed the Country Cups Challenge Final at Doomben on Saturday.

Fresh from his first winning ride at Gympie on Saturday, jockey Justin Stanley is hoping to continue his successful form with a strong book of six rides at Rockhampton on Tuesday.

The southern invasion has begun in a big way for the Central Queensland winter carnival but Mackay trainer Olivia Cairns hopes to repel the early challenges with Ammoudi Bay in the Newmarket Handicap at Rockhampton on Friday.

The southern invasion has begun in a big way for the Central Queensland winter carnival but Mackay trainer Olivia Cairns hopes to repel the early challenges with Ammoudi Bay in the Newmarket Handicap at Rockhampton on Friday.