Wagga trainer Luke Mulley is looking to put a horror trip to Goulburn behind him when he lines up two good chances on Tuesday.
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Mulley has two recent acquisitions to his stable on display including Machs Legacy.
The three-year-old filly has finished in the top two in eight of her 12 starts to date.
She only managed a sixth in her first start for Mulley, who admitted the trip to Goulburn was a good learning experience.
"She was very disappointing but lots of things didn't go her way," Mulley said.
"Her routine a couple of days before was a bit out of whack, she didn't handle the trip and when we got there it was freezing cold but she sweated up bad and she didn't seem to handle the track.
"They had about 20mls the night before so it was quite wet and boggy at the start so it was just one of those days and it didn't work out."
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Machs Legacy has come up with barrier eight in The Rules Club Wagga Pace (2260m).
Despite a wide draw Mulley is confident she can atone after producing some big displays for Bruce Harpley last season.
"She has definitely pulled up good, has worked good since and in comparison to the others horses I've had recently, who are racing pretty well, she is better than all of those," he said. "Based on that I would expect her to be pretty hard to beat.
"The draw is not ideal and it's tough from out there but she's got a fair bit of gate speed and we'll be using that early."
Mulley also has Radiant Rose in at Wagga.
The mare has been placed in half of her 16 starts, including a third in her first run in NSW for Mulley.
However she hasn't shown a real desire for winning just yet, but Mulley hopes a couple of gear changes can sharpen her up late.
"She's a very different sort of horse and is very lazy at home," he said.
"She doesn't try at all. We've worked her with horses, tried every bit of gear and she doesn't care and just does her own thing.
"We've learnt to deal with that and unfortunately at the races at Goulburn she was a bit like that as when she got to the front she switched off and Shane (Hallcroft) definitely earned his money trying to keep her going.
"She does seem to switch on again when the other horses come at her and we had her blocked up so she couldn't see them until they had got past her so we've opened her up."