Followers of the Mitch Beer stable will be hoping its a case of back Beer for some Christmas cheer on Saturday.
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The young trainer looks set for a big day at the office with seven runners across three venues.
The most interest surrounds Maid In Milan who heads to Randwick to tackle the $75,000 TAB Highway, (1000m) with Tim Clarke aboard.
The pair combined a fortnight ago to win the highly sought after TAB Highway at Rosehill with Princess Cordelia.
In doing so, Beer became only the second trainer in the Southern District to claim a TAB Highway since their inception just over four years ago.
Maid In Milan won her first two starts this preparation at Corowa and Gundagai at the recent Snake Gully Cup meeting.
Beer then raised the bar and sent Maid In Milan for his first city assignment at Canterbury.
She finished midfield after bumping into two smart horses who gapped the rest of the field by a big margin.
In another typically tough Highway, Maid In Milan is quoted as a $9 chance on the fourth line of betting.
"It looks to be one of those races where every second horse can win without surprising and she is one them," Beer said.
"Dropping back in distance from 1250m to 1000m is in her favour.
"I have kept her really fresh since her last start at Canterbury a fortnight ago.
"Nash (Rawiller) got off her and was really positive about the run.
"She got unbalanced turning for home and got on the wrong leg.
"The first two horses were in a race of their own
"So although she got beat by 7.5-lengths, the margin was exaggerated by the dominance of the first two who look Stakes fillies in the making."
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Beer will also saddle-up three runners on his home track in Fie's Resort, Shinseki and Sky Call.
The Border's biggest trainer said it would pay to forget the last-start performance of Shinseki who was beaten by a big margin at Wagga.
"Shinseki got back at Wagga on a day where it was tough for backmarkers to make ground," he said.
"There was also fairly bad kickback and he pulled up with a cough after the race.
"So we had the horse scoped and he was full of dirt but we have rectified that.
"He has performed well at Albury previously in an Open mile, so a Benchmark 66 is well within his capabilities."
Beer will also have three runners at Wangaratta.
Tarazal, Pips 'N' Crowns and Sky Call will race at the Victorian meeting with Beer pinpointing Sky Call as his best chance.
