But he certainly hasn't given up hope of the three-year-old adding the $50,000 Bandbox Stakes to her win in the $50,000 Evicus Stakes in Hobart 13 months ago.

"She's definitely still in with a chance - she will just need a few things to go her way," Hayes said.

"She's a very strong filly and she'll just keep coming."

Hayes sees a couple of options for driver Gareth Rattray as he attempts to overcome a wide second row draw.

"Gareth usually goes straight around them or he could get going from the 1000m," the trainer said.

Hayes expects one of his main dangers, Barooga Rock, to go forward early and take up a position outside the leader.

"But we'll see how it works out," he said.

"It's a very even field and sometimes that can work in your favour.

"If you are clearly the one to beat, everyone is concentrating on you and that can make it harder."

Win, lose of draw, Melnrowley won't drop in her trainer's estimations.

"She's just a lovely filly and an absolute gem to do anything with," Hayes said.

"She's the quietest horse you'll ever find.

"She's done a great job already (winning six of nine starts and $64,000) and she'll continue to race on."

Hayes said that, because of Melnrowley's size, she had been only lightly raced.

"They can fall away if you ask them to do too much," he said.

Apart from Barooga Rock, Melnrowley's main danger appears to be polemarker Nova Baxter who was held up in Barooga Rock's heat and went to the line under a stranglehold.

While the Bandbox final looks a very competitive race, the $50,000 Globe Derby final should go the way of Victoria Derby placegetter Longfellow.

Although the Emma Stewart-trained colt has drawn the same barrier as Melnrowley, he is likely to stifle betting.

The feature meeting also includes a very strong Doug Martin Danbury Park Cup and the Shirley Martin Mother Of Pearl.

Harness racing returns to Burnie for the first time since March with a seven-race card on Friday night.

Four-year-old mare Vonns Angel looks well placed to return to the winners' list in the Ladbrokes Pace for horses with a national rating of 50 or better.

She will be having her first run in a standing-start race but began brilliantly from behind the tapes to lead throughout in a trial in Hobart 11 days ago.

She travelled strongly all the way and went to the line under a tight hold to score by almost 10m.

The Tammy Langley-trained mare also stepped and led when second to Levi Jimmy in her previous trial on October 25.

Vonns Angel will be having her first race for Langley, having previously been trained by Marc and Kristy Butler and Ben Woodsford who is currently suspended.

The Mach Three mare won for Woodsford at Mowbray in August after winning two races for the Butlers including the $50,000 Evicus Stakes final in 2019.

Dylan Ford will drive Vonns Angel on Friday night and, if she begins well enough to lead from barrier 3, she should be hard to catch around the tight track.

The fastest class race on the program sees track specialist Hez The One back at the scene of his biggest Tasmanian win.

The 2018 Burnie Cup winner has been to the Wivenhoe Showgrounds four times and returned home a winner on three occasions.

Tasmania's best young drivers have been selected to contest the Youngbloods Challenge series early next month.

Three heats will be conducted at Mowbray on Friday, December 3, and three in Hobart on Sunday, December 5.

The series is restricted to drivers under the age of 23 on January 1.

Places are allocated to the top five eligible drivers on last season's premiership followed by the next highest five on this year's table.

The competitors will be Ryan Backhouse, Jordan Chibnall, Lachlan Dakin, Mitch Ford, Andrew Freeman, Malcolm Jones, Bronte Miller, Liam Older, Harrison Ross and Kayleb Williams.

The emergency is 16-year-old Jacob Duggan who is yet to have a race drive but has shown talent at the trials over the past 12 months.

Leading jockey Ismail Toker will appeal a six-meeting suspension imposed by stewards on a running and handling charge.

The case dates back to July and involves a race at Spreyton when Toker finished seventh of 12 runners on $15 chance Innocent Pegg.

Toker said he had been charged with not giving the horse every chance to win, which he denies.

"The horse had been well beaten at its previous start and has also failed at its only run since," he said.

Toker was a late replacement rider for Innocent Pegg on the day when Victorian jockey Kiran Quilty couldn't make the trip due to COVID-19 restrictions.

"I only rode it as a favour to the connections when no-one else was available," he said.

The Office Of Racing Integrity did not reply to an email or phone call on Thursday seeking further details of the charge.

Toker, who is due to ride unbeaten star Turk Warrior in the $100,000 3YO Cup on December 1, said he definitely would be appealing what equates to a four-week ban.

Meanwhile, premiership-leading apprentice Erica Byrne Burke was suspended for one meeting for careless riding at Mowbray on Wednesday night.

Stewards, under new chairman Ross Neal, charged her with shifting ground at the 50m on Needs Remembering causing Unclouded to be checked. She pleaded guilty and will miss Hobart on Sunday week.