Magnetic ($2.30 favourite on TAB) is ready to deliver more of the same despite a wide barrier draw and a big weight in the Stan Axtill Memorial at Leeton on Monday.

Trainer Mitchell Beer is happy to give the Country Championships a miss with talented mare Sunrise Ruby in favour of targeting a couple of feature country sprints in the coming months.

Favourite Hardware Lane ($2.30 on TAB) is ready to prove his credentials for the SDRA Newhaven Park Country Championships qualifier when he starts in the preview at Albury on Thursday.

You know it’s Country Championships time when the preview races start popping up around the countryside and Thursday’s Albury program will lead the charge.

Albury’s Mitch Beer, with a knack for TAB Highways and long-priced city winners, provides a compelling lead at value with rising speedster Well in Sight ($8 on TAB) into a Rosehill Gardens $100,000 Class 3, 1100m on Saturday.