The girls will be out in force from the stables of trainer Norm Gardner with potential Country Championships contenders on show at Wagga on Tuesday.

He has been racing without luck this preparation and Trainer Norm Gardner thinks the mile of Saturday's TAB Federal at Thoroughbred Park is exactly what Upper House has been yearning for.

Hawkesbury proved a happy hunting ground last season for Canberra trainer Norm Gardner.

The Canberra Racing Club celebrated a successful synthetic racing season with Acton Track Grand Final Day last Friday, September 1. The fifth meeting on the new Polytrack surface again proved fair, with winners coming from everywhere.

One of the strongest Country races you’ll see outside of a feature meeting, Friday’s TAB Federal (1080m) brings together a number of interesting form lines with some gallopers on a path towards the Sprinters Cup (1206m) on Acton Track Grand Final Day a fortnight later.