Port Macquarie trainer Neil Godbolt is expecting Sequent and Terrahawk to make his round trip to Canterbury of about nine hours on Wednesday worthwhile.It promises to be a huge day for the NSW mid-north coast horseman who, along with his Sydney runners, has a big team in action at his home track.The Port Macquarie meeting was transferred from last Friday after torrential rain in the area."I'll be in Sydney, but we've got about eight horses going around at home if the weather allows it," Godbolt
Port Macquarie trainer Neil Godbolt is expecting Sequent and Terrahawk to make his round trip to Canterbury of about nine hours on Wednesday worthwhile.
It promises to be a huge day for the NSW mid-north coast horseman who, along with his Sydney runners, has a big team in action at his home track.
The Port Macquarie meeting was transferred from last Friday after torrential rain in the area.
"I'll be in Sydney, but we've got about eight horses going around at home if the weather allows it," Godbolt said.
"It's going to be a big day for us, hopefully we can land a few winners.
"I'm expecting the two at Canterbury to run good races."
Sequent lines-up in the 7 Deadly Sins Party On Sale Handicap (1100m)
The mare comes into the race after a fourth to Beaded over 1200m at Rosehill on October 24.
Godbolt is pleased with the five-year-old but perplexed by the handicapping department's decision to give Sequent the topweight of 59kg.
"I've spoken to them (Racing NSW) a few times in the past and the only thing you end up with is a bigger phone bill," Godbolt said.
"She's been to the city three times now and Newcastle twice and she hasn't been able to run a place and they still give her these types of weights.
"She's got a terrific record in the bush but I was under the impression the new benchmark system was supposed to not penalise them so much from the country to the city."
Two starts back Sequent defeated Le Rhythm by 2-1/4 lengths over 1200 metres at Port Macquarie.
Two kilogram-claiming apprentice Michael Palmer has the ride on Sequent who has barrier three.
Six-year-old Terrahawk runs in the Night Racing At Canterbury Handicap (1550m).
Terrahawk won the Spring Cup (1600m) at Taree last week and has trained on well since.
Hugh Bowman has been booked to ride Terrahawk who also won the Kempsey Cup (1450m) in May.
"He's been racing well and is probably in the best form he's ever been in and I'm expecting that he'll give a good account of himself," Godbolt said.
"He's a big lump of a horse and handles weight pretty well, so the 58kg shouldn't bother him."
Meanwhile, apprentice Jamie Quinnell has lodged an appeal against the severity of a lengthy suspension he received after testing positive to a banned substance.
The youngster was a no-show at Randwick on Saturday when he had riding commitments.
He didn't show up to trackwork on Saturday morning and his master Kevin Moses informed stewards at 8:51am (AEDT) that the young rider could not be contacted.
Quinnell's apprentice permit will be suspended until January 1 next year and his licence to ride in races is suspended until June 8.
However, that ban will be reduced to April 8 if he completes a satisfactory period of professional counselling.
A date for his appeal is yet to be set.