Kim Waugh is the trainer to beat for the 2016 Provincial Championships Final at Randwick on Saturday for Day Two of The Championships, reports Kristen Fahd from TAB.

 

Waugh’s trio, His Majesty ($4.60), Hetty Heights ($5) and Supreme Effort ($8) are hot contenders, occupying three of the top four spots in betting.

 

The most popular with the punters is His Majesty, firming from an equal $6 favourite opening price into $4.60.

 

If His Majesty wins the 2016 Provincial Championships, Emma Heard, the editor of the Central Coast Express will win $5,000 to donate to Camp Breakaway as part of the TAB Editors’ Challenge.

 

“On Saturday, $5,000 will go to the winning editor for the Provincial Championships Final, with $500 heading off to each of the other charities that miss out,” said TAB’s Glenn Munsie.

 

Both His Majesty and Supreme Effort  trialled at Beaumont on March 29, winning their respective heats in their final hitouts before Saturday.

 

Kris Lees has eight runners plus an emergency his best chance Danish Twist at $9.50.

 

In other TAB Editors’ Challenge news:

 

Congratulations to Clearly Innocent trained by Greg Bennett on winning the Country Championships Final on Saturday, April 2nd. Rod Thompson, editor of the Scone Advocate won the Country Championships Editor’s Challenge and received $5,000 to donate to Aberdeen Men’s Shed.

 

“TAB is thrilled with the editors getting behind the Challenge for their local charity so we have decided to make a further donation of $500 to every charity that missed out in the Country Final,” said TAB’s Glenn Munsie. “That’s another $3,500 going to seven worthwhile charities in the country areas of NSW.

 

Provincial Championships Qualifiers:

Barrier

Horse

Open Price

Current Price

1

Minnesota

$101.00

$71

2

Danish Twist

$8.00

$9.50

3

In Her Time

$15.00

$21.00

4

Dream Lane

$51.00

$51.00

5

Hetty Heights

$6.00

$5.00

6

Marple Miss

$11.00

$17.00

7

By Golly Molly

$51.00

$51.00

8

Parraay

$15.00

$13.00

9

Supreme Effort

$8.00

$8.00

10

Powerline

$26.00

$35.00

11

Rustic Melody

$15.00

$13.00

12

Unequivocal

$8.00

$11.00

13

Iron George

$101.00

$301.00

14

Magic Of Dreams

$26.00

$51.00

15

Better Not Blue

$11.00

$11.00

16

Electric Power

$11.00

$21.00

17

Orcym Sam

$51.00

$101.00

18

His Majesty

$6.00

$4.60

19

Zestful

$15.00

$17.00