Currie, who grew up a stone's throw from Mowbray racecourse but has spent most of his career in Melbourne, hasn't ridden since sustaining serious injuries in a fall at Moonee Valley in February.

The 38-year-old has spent the past 4-1/2 months recuperating from a fractured spine, two broken ribs, a chipped bone in his thumb and nerve damage in his neck.

He said this week he was now getting on top of his injuries and will know more about the date for a possible comeback after he sees his surgeon on Monday.

With a good prognosis, he hopes to get a clearance to resume riding trackwork in the next couple of weeks.

Currie has ridden more than 1300 winners and has nine group 1 races on his resume.

His other memorable wins include the group 2 Queen Elizabeth Stakes and Werribee Cup on the legendary Makybe Diva.

As far as national success is concerned, he ranks as one of the most successful Tasmanian jockeys of all time.

He has also ridden successfully in Singapore, Malaysia and Mauritius.

Trainer Adam Trinder has been forced to revise plans for Mystic Journey due to the escalating COVID-19 problems in Victoria.

The star mare was to have resumed in the group 3 Bletchingly Stakes (1200m) at Caulfield on July 25.

However Trinder said he would now bypass that race due to the COVID-19 uncertainty and the possibility that the track would be too wet.

His new first-up target is the group P B Lawrence Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield on August 15 - a race that Mystic Journey won last year.

And, if the pandemic situation hasn't improved by then, he could wait for the group 1 Memsie Stakes (1600m) at the same track a fortnight later.

If, by that stage, it's still too difficult for him to accompany the horse to Victoria, "we'd bite the bullet and send her anyway," he said.

Trinder is looking to give Mystic Journey two trials on the synthetic before the P B Lawrence and maybe more if he has to wait for a later option.

Former star apprentice Kyle Maskiell isn't going about his comeback in half measures.

Maskiell, who hasn't ridden in a race since November 2016, has accepted mounts in all 10 races at Spreyton on Sunday.

The 22-year-old walked away from racing to pursue a career as a professional bull-rider, citing rising weight as one of the reasons.

He was runner-up in the Australian bull-riding championship in 2019 and had hoped to win the 2020 title until coronavirus ended the season.

He said he had always intended to return to racing at the end of this year.

The on-course tote will be operating at Mowbray on Friday night for the first time since February.

There were no betting facilities at the Launceston Pacing Club's two meetings in March as they were participant-only due coronavirus restrictions.

The LPC has had two meetings since the 10-week shutdown and has been unable to get Tabcorp operators to the track.

However secretary Michelle French said that an agreement had now been reached where Tabcorp would provide two operators for the upstairs area and the club would use its own money to pay for another operator in the owner-trainers' bar.

"Everything will be pretty much back to normal this week except the lift in the grandstand still won't be working," French said.

"We've been told the upgrade work should be finished by our next meeting on July 19."

Two Tasmanian pacers have been sent to Melbourne for good races at Melton on Saturday night.

Rohan Hillier has transferred Lip Reader to the Adam Kelly stable and he will contest a $20,000 heat of the TAB Winter Championship.

Dick Eaves has sent El Jays Mystery to David Miles and she will run in the $30,000 Jane Ellen, a group 3 race for mares.

Miles has three others mares in the race including early favourite Pick Up Line ($4.40). El Jays Mystery is $71 with tab.com.au.

Lip Reader was runner-up to Cool Water Paddy at Mowbray last Sunday.