Duggan needs just two more wins to become the first driver in Tasmanian harness racing history to win 1600 races.

Early markets suggest Miss Superbia and Adele Said are his best chances but he also drives an interesting newcomer to the state in the feature race.

Medal Of Honour, now trained by Juanita McKenzie, will be having his first start since May in the $12,000  Launceston Show Cup.

The 10-year-old doesn’t have a lot of recent form to recommend him but was a 1:50.4 winner at Menangle in January last year.

Last time in, he won an Albury free-for-all and was placed in the group 3 $30,000 Wagga Cup.

However he would need to be right at his best to beat a quality Show Cup lineup headed by Scooterwillrev off the backmark of 30m.

Scooterwillrev hasn’t raced since August when trainer Craig Hayes was forced to abort a planned trip to Melton.

The five-year-old was to have run at the Breeders Crown meeting but was sidelined by a minor virus.

A winner of five of his seven standing-start races, Scooterwillrev made light work of a 20m handicap – albeit in a much smaller field – at Mowbray two starts ago.

Take him out of the race and it’s an even field, with the battle for the early lead likely to have a bearing on the result.

Former Victorian gelding I Am The Dude is due for a change of luck when he contests the  Maiden Plate at Elwick on Saturday.

The six-year-old is coming off a close second to Evil In Me at Mowbray nine days ago when he finished strongly.

It was an eye-catching effort as he had lost considerable ground when he jumped in the air at the start, settling a clear last.

I Am The Dude didn’t run a place in five Victorian starts but has been fairly consistent since coming to Tasmania just over a year ago, earning a stake cheque at five of his nine starts.

He had his first local run for Wesley Vale trainer John Keys then switched to his daughter’s Tegan’s stable at Seven Mile Beach.

The return to racing of smart four-year-old Street Tough in the Class 2 Handicap will be one of the highlights of the meeting.

The gelding hasn’t started since a photo-finish third to Brave Song and Order Of Command in a $120,000 race at Flemington in July.

Brave Song has since performed well in four black type events including a listed win at Caulfield on Wednesday.