After an emotion-charged day in Hobart last Sunday, racing returns to the synthetic surface in Devonport on Wednesday for the first time since the Cup was held there in early January.

A change of plans in the first few hundred metres helped the well-backed Surely Special ($7.50 – $3.50) land his second career win in the (1620m) maiden/class 1.

Let’s Messaround broke its maiden status at start number five when it landed the money after a clever ride from Siggy Carr in Hobart on Sunday.

Jackson Radley, who has been riding for less than a year will take the reins for Tasmania in round two of the National Apprentice Races Series in Hobart on Sunday.

Megamea ran right up to her flashing third placing in the Mystic Journey Stakes in Hobart, taking out the Group 3 Vamos Stakes (1400m) in Launceston on Wednesday.