Tolga trainer Janel Ryan and her partner and former jockey Ron are busy putting the finishing touches on a team of five gallopers headed for their annual pilgrimage to Mt Garnet's annual two-day races later this month.

Cairns Cup winning-jockey Scott Sheargold has picked up the plum ride on in-form galloper Lord Of Light in the Open Handicap over 1400 metres at Cairns' Cannon Park on Saturday.

When Cairns finance broker Don Martin bought a tried horse named Our Chiquilla three years ago, little did he know she’d be still racing as a rising 10-year-old.