TWO of our top trainers – Nathan Hobson and Austy Coffey – will be having, certainly by their own standards, a 'very quiet' Swan Hill Cup Carnival. Coffey has been winding back the numbers of horses he has in work because of the difficulty finding staff to run a large stable with everything from trackwork to mucking out stalls. This year he will have just three runners – one each day. Today will see Mrs Bull going around in a 1200m maiden, tomorrow Simply Sparklez gets a start in a BM58 dash over 975m and on Sunday Brilliant Reward will take on another 975m – but in a maiden plate.

https://www.theguardian.com.au/horse-racing/trainers-hope-quality-trumps-quantity

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