Racing: Lanes on track for first family status

Michael Lane can wrap up the Bunbury trainer’s premiership and join son Damian in making it a family clean sweep of the club’s major awards at the final meeting of the season this afternoon.

Talented young rider Damian has an unassailable lead for the Apprentice of the Year and is also well placed to take out the Rider of the Year award.

Michael holds a strong three-win lead over Neville Parnham for the trainer’s award.

He can consolidate his position in the opening event with Howyaholdin a genuine each-way hope in the Bluescope Steel Colorado Maiden (1690m).

The three-year-old filly has one placing from four starts but displayed form at her previous start when she ran on fairly well from near last to be placed fourth and just over threelengths from RedMercedes twoweeks back.

Top weight Steam On for Frankie Maynard should be nearing peak fitness after three starts back and will appreciate the step-up to the mile.

Promising Bearcat filly Kranji Dude resumes and will get the run of the race from barrier one in the E-Event Maiden (1200m).

She has three placings from her first three appearances including a first-up second toDreamaway last October and was a neck third to the talented Northerly Gale.

Voluminous and Loopy Lou have also been racing consistently and have their hoof on the till.

Twin City Soldier was a handy second two starts back before a fair effort behind Nonamecity at Ascot when three lengths sixth and will have admirers in the Kingspan Maiden (1100m).

Royal Capishe for Adam Durrant trialled well along with McTango for Robert Smith and are both worth keeping a watch on.

Magic Carpet Burns hasn’t put a foot wrong since arriving from the Eastern States and has been placed twice since scoring a maiden win at Pinjarra last month.

It included a long-neck second to Iconoclast on Bunbury Cup day who franked the form with a fighting win at Pinjarra last weekend.

Her main danger appears to be the Bruce Watkins-trained Sydney Businessman.

Mirrannon had every chance to grab Saezuri last week before finishing third and three-quarters-of-a-length from the winner.

She will get a gun run from barrier one and the drop back to the 1200m of the Skyracing TV Provincial Championship Series Heat will suit.

State’s Secret for Michael Lane resumes on the back of an impressive trial win and does race well fresh with one win and a minor placing from two appearances.

Dual-licensed trainer Justin Warwick will be out to make it successive wins with Rosie Rocket in the Combined Metal Industries Handicap (1410m).

The Blackfriarsmare is a newcomer to theWarwick camp after transferring from the stable of Gavin Foster and was awesome when winning by a comfortable three-and-a-half-length margin at Pinjarra on March 24.

If she can butter-up and reproduce a similar effort this afternoon shewill take a power of beating with Le Sacre and The Alleged to provide the dangers.

Time Bandit has done everything asked of him by trainer Mark Bairstow with solid wins at his last two outings and he can make it three on end in the Craig Noble Memorial Handicap (2019m).