Dubbo trainer Peter Nestor is confident he has found the readymade replacement for his recently retired stable star Izababe.

Promising galloper Lightinthenite can bring up his first stakes win in today's Listed Emirates Park Scone Cup (race 7) at Scone.

Peter Snowden has claimed his second straight hometown Cup at Scone as Raspberries got the better of Izababe and Lightinthenite in the $180,000 feature.

Shot Putt, an iron horse of NSW country racing, has been honoured as the Central Districts Racing Association Horse Of The Year for the 2010-2011 season.

Young apprentice Sam Clipperton escaped injury in a nasty race fall on the weekend and was back at work on Tuesday morning ahead of Wednesday's races.