Hong Kong apprentice Scarlet So will be one of the regulars missing when Tasmanian racing resumes from a 10-1/2-week shutdown at Mowbray on Sunday.
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So has ridden 20 winners in Tasmania this season and is seventh on the premiership table but the Hong Kong Jockey Club moved her to South Australia after Tasmanian racing stopped on April 2.
However she's had a quiet time in SA - since spending a fortnight in isolation, she's had only 12 rides in the past month and hasn't ridden a winner.
Now that the Tasmanian industry is about to get going again, her former master Leon Wells won't be totally surprised if she returns.
"The only reason she left here was because racing stopped," Wells said.
"Whether she comes back is up to the HKJC and I haven't heard anything from them.
"But, if they think she's not getting enough opportunities where she is, they will soon move her someone else, if not back here."
So fainted after one of her rides at Port Augusta last Sunday and hasn't ridden this week while waiting for medical tests.
She has only two rides booked for the weekend, at Port Augusta on Sunday.
In the absence of So, and with Craig Newitt and Anthony Darmanin riding in Victoria, there will be only 14 jockeys at Mowbray on Sunday.
Although that number is adequate while the field limit remains at 10, it could become a problem down the track.
MAINLAND HITOUTS MAY BE ADVANTAGE
Longford trainer Angela Brakey will take only two horses to Mowbray for the restart but could return home with two winners.
Banca Star is back home after two runs in Victoria and, although the most recent was six weeks ago, she should still have a little fitness edge on her rivals.
Her two fourths at Pakenham looked only moderate on face value but her previous run was good when a close second to We Need A Star at Mowbray.
On that occasion, she raced midfield and travelled well before coming five wide around the home turn and finishing off strongly.
She draws well in this week's maiden over 1100m and has shown that she can handle soft going.
Brakey also sent I'm A Floozy to Victoria where she finished midfield at Kilmore.
Her previous run in Tasmania was a close second to the promising Rhyme Writer and she's won a trial on heavy ground at Longford since returning home.
Overall, winners will be hard to find, with the vast majority of horses having not raced since the shutdown.
Form students will also have to factor in a wet track which was rated a soft 6 on Thursday.
HILLIER RUNNERS SHORT BUT SWEET
Punters will face similar difficulties at the Hobart harness meeting on Sunday night where only four of the 98 runners have raced in the past 10 weeks.
They are former mainlanders Mia From Memphis, Live For Peace, Arakbell and Baccarat.
Beauty Point trainer Rohan Hillier, who has a strike-rate this season of 41.4 per cent, may be worth following but it will require an all-up bet to get any value.
Lip Reader and Giftofjoy both look likely winners at short odds while stablemate Stormont Star could be one at a longer price to include in a multiple.
Former NSW gelding Lip Reader is coming off a recent Mowbray trial win where he went within a second of Scooterwillrev's track record.
Former Kiwi mare Giftofjoy hasn't missed a place in seven Tasmanian starts and has also looked good in her past two trials.
Stormont Star has raced only three times since coming from Queensland, including a strong win from a wide draw at Mowbray two starts ago, and he just edged out the smart Resurgent Storm in a Hobart trial last month.
The gelding has since been transferred to Hillier from Conor Crook.