The stars are aligning again for followers of the Craig Widdison racing team with most of his horses considered top three chances at Wagga's Christmas Eve meeting on Tuesday.
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The Wodonga based mentor will start some of the same horses that produced two winners a third and a fourth from four starters for him at Wagga on December 10.
This time Widdison has three extra starters for a total of seven which includes three last-start winners.
The topical tip for this time of the year has to be It's Christmas in the final race, while Widdison will start impressive last start winner Wyangle in the feature race - the $32,000 Ted Ryder Cup (1600m).
Widdison is hoping the day pans out just as well as last time, and maybe a bit better, with Christmas just around the corner.
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The opposition is harder this time and Widdison is of the belief winning won't come easy.
"It's a tough day and I'm happy with the horses I'm taking there and judging by how they have been going they will be competitive," he said.
"I haven't won the Ted Ryder Cup before and it's a race I would like to win.
"Wyangle has come through his last start well and is in great order so I can see no reason why he won't be hard to beat."
Last year's Ted Ryder Cup winner Spunlago will carry the steadier of 60.5 kilograms after the allowance for apprentice jockey Jaden Lloyd.
It's a tough impost, but Spunlago was narrowly beaten by another Widdison runner, Willi Willi, in the Wodonga Cup with slightly less weight two starts ago.
That form line puts him right in contention to make it consecutive Ryder Cup victories.
Lady Mironton missed a run in the prelude of the Ryder Cup won by Wyangle and is well suited in the feature after running third in the stronger Gundagai Snake Gully Cup.
Rinviata is a huge threat after a two length win at Gosford last start and she is likely to start after missing out on at the abandoned Goulburn meeting last Friday.
The added dangers are the biggest concern to Wyangle who should have the measure of the rivals he defeated last time.
Two of those dangers are stablemates, Great Glen and last start winner Tobermory, who provide trainer Todd Smart with another chance of winning the cup.
Widdison's others runners are last start winners It's Christmas and Straover along with Banger, Sheroz, Wyandra Ruby and Sharlie.
It's Christmas steps up in distance to 1400 metres which Widdison believes will suit even better than the 1200 metres of last start.
"Not many horses win their maiden then the next one, but she is a chance to do that on how she has been going," he said.
Leading jockey Mathew Cahill will ride Wyangle along with Banger who had no luck when caught wide and a closing fourth last start.
The inside barrier will provide him with the opportunity to be prominent after jumping from a wide alley last time and being trapped deep.
"Banger prefers a bit of room so whether the inside barrier works for or against him remains to be seen," he suggested.
"Judging by his last run he will be hard to beat.
"I have also liked the way Straover has kept improving. He has won three of his ten starts and has kept getting better.
"He has done a bit wrong in the past, but he is building a nice record so I expect him to also run well."
