Three of the best from racing editor Chris Scholtz for the Canterbury meeting on December 28.

Course and distance specialist, Taree six-year-old gelding Al Be Swift, should prove hard to beat in the feature Airport Hotel-Motel Benchmark 70 Handicap (1007m) at Taree-Wingham Race Club’s big eight-race TAB card at Bushland Drive Racecourse today.

The comeback of crack Rick Worthington sprinter Whitefriars continued on Thursday morning when the Australia Stakes winner won a second straight trial at Warwick Farm.

The comeback of crack Rick Worthington sprinter Whitefriars continued on Thursday morning when the Australia Stakes winner won a second straight trial at Warwick Farm.

Multiple stakes-winner Whitefriars will take another step towards a return to racing when he trials at Warwick Farm on Thursday.