Leading Newcastle trainer Kris Lees is set to play a big hand on the Wyong Gold Cup program on Friday.

Broadmeadow trainer Kris Lees has decided to run all four of his entries in Friday’s Newcastle Gold Cup, hoping to repel a strong interstate challenge and clinch a breakthrough win in his hometown feature.

Local stayer Get On The Grange is set to take on Chris Waller’s rising star Sayed for a second time in the $160,000 Wyong Gold Cup on September 1.

Trainer Kris Lees is confident Clearly Innocent can strengthen his Stradbroke Handicap claims with another good performance at Eagle Farm on Saturday.

Winter plans for the talented sprinter Clearly Innocent will hinge on his next start when he returns to his former home track at Scone on Saturday week.