Tasmania's two entrants for the 2019 Inter-Dominion in New Zealand both look assured of a start in the heats - if they make the trip.
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The second rankings released on Wednesday have Ignatius at 18 and Harjeet at 28 so, with three heats in each round, they are currently safely inside the cut-off point.
Neither are really good travellers so it's up in the air at the moment.
- Trainer Todd Rattray
However Todd Rattray, who trained both horses before they were sent to his brother James in Sydney, said no decision had been made on whether they would make the trip.
"I'm not sure - neither are really good travellers so it's up in the air at the moment," Rattray said.
Harjeet joined Ignatius in Sydney after three runs in Tasmania at the end of last season but is yet to step out.
"He was due to trial on Monday but pulled a shoe and didn't go around," Rattray said.
"He will either trial or race next week. He was ready to go when he left but James takes his time getting them to the races."
Ignatius, who is owned by Todd's wife Lyrae, hasn't raced since winning the $100,000 NSW Breeders Challenge final at the end of June.
The Inter-Dominion has three rounds of heats and horses must compete in each round, unless they get a special exemption, to be eligible for the $500,000 final at Alexandra Park on December 14.
TWO FROM TWO?
Todd Rattray will have a relatively quiet night at Mowbray on Sunday with only two runners but both look strong winning chances.
Smart mare Bremusa will contest the Rating 60-64 Pace and last-start winner Hafter is in the Rating 65-74 Pace.
"Bremusa is going really good, I'm pleased with her," the trainer said.
"She's off the second row but I think she should get into a good spot.
"It's not a really hard field except for Marc Butler's mare (Western Glory)."
Hafter was highly-regarded early in his career when he won 12 of his first 19 starts.
However he went almost two years without a win before breaking through at Mowbray 12 days ago.
"He's a funny horse - you think he's going good then something goes wrong," Rattray said.
"But he seems pretty good now and he's found his right grade."
TRAINER RETURNS
Last Saturday's Mowbray meeting signalled the return of one of Tasmania's most successful trainers of all time - and it was almost a winning comeback.
Toorak Affair was Michael Trinder's first runner for nine months and the mare only just failed to catch Bosporus in the Open Handicap.
Trinder, who was forced to take an extended break while he battled a health issue, hadn't been represented in a race since Liffeybeau won at Spreyton in January.
He had hoped to run Toorak Affair in the Devonport Cup the same day but the mare was scratched due to lameness.
Although now a six-year-old, Toorak Affair has been relatively lightly-raced and her chance to win her trainer's home-town cup may come next year.
Trinder has prepared only a handful of horses in recent seasons but boasts a good strike-rate. He had only 26 runners in the nine months leading up to his layoff for nine winners.
CHANGE OF STATUS
Races at Mowbray and Elwick are to be reclassified from provincial to country when it comes to apprentice allowances.
The change, which comes into play next week, is designed to make it more appealing for interstate apprentices to ride in Tasmania which could help alleviate the shortage of jockeys.
The winners they ride here will no longer affect their provincial allowance on interstate tracks.
In future, only Tasmanian feature races will carry provincial status.
The move will also help Tasmanian apprentices as, in theory, they can now out-ride their local (country) claim with 80 winners yet still go to Victoria or elsewhere and claim 3kg at provincial venues.