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The $60,000 Tamworth City Cup forms part of the NSW Carnival of Cups harness racing bonus series and is supported by a highly competitive running of the $50,000 Multiquip Golden Guitar Final.
The form of Missed The Truth is hard to knock coming into the Tamworth City Cup having put together a string of wins and placings at Menangle since joining the Jarrod Alchin yard.
He was very brave in scoring two back after drawing deepest and racing wide before chasing well to finish second in the Christmas Gift Final when last seen.
He has been freshened since but races well that way and has been kept up to the mark with two trials, winning the latest.
One of the most interesting runners in the Tamworth City Cup is one that has the name of superstar pacer Leap To Fame popping up several times in his form page.
He is Send It from the Shane Graham yard and he heads south after tackling the very best in recent starts in Brisbane, clocking in fifth to Leap To Fame at Albion Park last week.
He also tackled the Inter Dominion series last year and while not up to that class he was also far from disgraced, twice finishing fifth in the heats behind Leap To Fame.
Send It may need some luck gaining gaps from the inside of the second row but the distance will hold no fears and he’ll relish a class drop.
Hy Voltage is another coming down from Brisbane and he is in form at the right time, returning to the winners’ list at Albion Park last week.
He has won at Tamworth before, claiming last year’s Gold Nugget before a fourth in the cup.
Defending champ Master Catch may not bring the same form he did before last year’s Tamworth Cup win but he does have a particular liking for the distance with two wins and a placing from three attempts.
He has been going around against decent opposition including a Menangle placing three back and has won a trial since the last outing.
Port Au Prince is another that has been tackling strong opponents in Sydney and while his recent form doesn’t leap off the page his best would measure right up.
Trainer/driver Shane Graham looks a chance to land the feature double with the in-form Mossdale Terry a big player in the Golden Guitar Final.
Mossdale Terry made it back-to-back wins when successful in his first visit to this circuit in last Sunday’s heats, racing three wide without cover but toughing it out by 1.3m.
He draws the same barrier again but is racing well enough to overcome it.
Sir Richard Lee recorded two nice efforts at Menangle before pushing forward from a similar barrier and racing parked to win his heat, getting home by 1.6 metres. He should make an impact again.
Ultimate Bird was runner up in his heat and the prior form was strong, winning four of his other five starts this campaign so should be competitive.
I Break The Line beat Ultimate Bird in winning his heat. He races well when third up so could go on with it.
Kickatinalongpony led and kept going for a resuming win in his heats. He gets the ace draw again and is unbeaten at this distance.
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