Local trainer Brad Widdup will attempt to add to his recent winning list when he sends around up to four runners at Tuesday’s Hawkesbury meeting.

Trainer Matt Smith says Esti Feny’s patient owners deserve the wins that have finally come their way and that there’s no reason the nine-year-old gelding can’t bring them more joy in the $300,000 Gosford Gold Cup over 2100m to be run at Newcastle on Saturday.

Jockey Rory Hutchings and trainer Joseph Pride will combine with a number of chances at Newcastle on Thursday headed by last start winner Heaven Bound ($4.80 on TAB) in the Tabcorp Benchmark 64 Handicap (1890m).

Favourite Bandi’s Boy must undergo a fitness test to determine if he lines up at Randwick.

Jay Ford has long been a believer that Bandi’s Boy has Country Championships written all over him.