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By Greg Prichard

After a recent dry spell that ended with a winner at Port Macquarie last weekend, trainer Glen Milligan is optimistic he can keep that winning feeling going at his home track Taree on Saturday.

Milligan is particularly keen on the chances of That’s Molly in the $30,000 Integrated Hygiene Management Country Boosted Benchmark 58 Handicap over 1400 metres.

Trainer Glen Milligan with his mum, Margaret. Image by Manning River Times

The four-year-old mare will be racing second-up after returning from a six-month spell with a strong-finishing fourth to Empress Zou in a Class 1 race over 1258m at Taree on March 7.

The only win of That’s Molly’s nine-race career came in a maiden event over 1300m at Taree in August of last year and that race was run on a Heavy 8 track.

She will get conditions to her liking again this time, with Taree listed as a Heavy 8 on Thursday morning.

“I like That’s Molly on Saturday,” Milligan said. “Her first run back she was underdone, hadn’t had a jump out or anything, and she ran super.

“We’ve waited three weeks for the right race to go a bit further in distance with her and I reckon she’s my best hope on the day.

“Young Zac Wadick will ride her and he claims two kilograms off, which will really help her on the heavy track.”

Milligan also believes Infringement should go close to winning in the Cellarbrations Maiden Plate over 1400m.

Also a four-year-old mare with nine career starts, Infringement has gotten closer to ending her maiden status with a second at Kempsey and a third at Port Macquarie at her last two starts.

“She’s been knocking on the door,” Milligan said. “She’s no superstar, but she tries hard.

“The 1400 is as far as she wants. She just got grabbed on the line over 1450 at Kempsey and then the 1500 at Port looked a bit too far for her, so we’ve pulled her back in distance.

“She’ll get through the wet conditions, I don’t think it will worry the horse at all. She’s a very easy horse to train.

"She’s a little bit limited in ability but she can win a maiden, that’s for sure, and Saturday’s race looks a winnable one for her.

“She jumps out well and races on the speed and she’ll look the winner at some stage, I reckon. Jon Grisedale was happy to stick with the ride on her and she runs well for him.”

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