Coonabarabran Jockey Club secretary Lindsay Hawkins says track changes have made for a strong program tomorrow, Saturday 19 July, with a soft 5 rating.

‘’It looks very good out on the track and trainers have praised the work our committee has done on the 1100m and 1600m shutes," Hawkins said.

"We have re-seeded some of the areas near it and trainers are praising it.’’

‘’There's been a lot of racing in the west of late with Warren, Carinda and Nyngan and final fields are very strong despite that with a full field and emergencies in the last race,’’ she said.

The Imperial Hotel Superstaff Benchmark Handicap 1200m has attracted that large field.

Luckyimwithaimee a 7 year old mare looks for her 6th career win and is ideally placed in barrier 4 and Ashleigh Stanley rides for Narromine trainer Wayne Collison.

Mean Girls will be popular with punters winning 2 of her last 4 outings for Gilgandra’s Keiran Hazelton but she will need all her good speed coming from barrier 15.

She scored a popular win on Duck Creek Picnic day.

Gateway to Warrumbungle race 4 (900m) has apprentice Jessica Brookes riding 4 year old mare Eastern Odyssey and punters have backed the horse.

Brookes has won on the horse twice in past 2 of 4 starts and last outing showed good speed to score at Cowra.

Mudgee trainer David Smith also with in form apprentice Tilly McCarroll looms as a big threat with strong form and trial.

Lindsay Hawkins says she expects a big crowd at Coonabarabran.

The gate opens at 12pm and its free to enter so a big meeting and two bands at the Imperial post races.