House will start seven horses on the nine-race card and Orange will drive five of them.
His first drive will be behind Bee Bee Lass who opened at a $4 win price for race 1, a quote that defies her record of going winless in 27 starts. But
the former Forbury Park trotter has generally pleased House in her work leading up to her return to racing. .
“She is a trotter that has been around a lot for not a lot of money, but she has actually improved a lot.”
Sports Mental produced a solid third behind Makara in his last start at Forbury Park earlier this month.
Drawing barrier 8 could prove a hindrance and House expects Off The Edge to be too slick.
Off The Edge impressed when running fourth behind smart 3yr-old Italian Lad in track-record time at Oamaru on debut in September. The 4yr-old has produced patchy form for trainer Alan Edge since, but has raced in stronger fields.
Off The Edge also has a tricky draw to overcome, starting behind rank outsider Dion Robyn from barrier 1 on the second row.
In race 5, Orange drives Joshua Dylan for House.
Joshua Dylan fought on well in his last start at Forbury Park when runner-up to Short And Sweet.
It was his first race since overcoming major injury problems as a 2yr-old.
House’s second runner is All Money (Mark Hurrell).
House favours Joshua Dylan.
“As a 2yr-old, he broke both hind pasterns. He broke one and came sound and he broke the other one.
“He is all right now; he is a lovely horse.”
Iamthedream should have few excuses after drawing barrier 1 for the House-Orange combination in race 7.
“He should get every chance and you would think he could run a place,” House said.
Iamthedream was rated at $8.50 win odds when the race market opened.
My Mate Ben rounds out the night for House and Orange in race 9.
The trainer is expecting a bold run from the pacer, who starts from the tricky inside barrier on the second row.
“He is fresh up with no trials, but he is training the house down and he is ready to go.”
The 5yr-old has been rated at $6.50 win odds and $2.30 place odds by bookmakers.
Kirstin Barclay has snared the drive behind Boyz Invasion.
Barclay helped the trotter seriously upgrade his formline when running second to standout 3yr-old Cracker Hill in his last start at Winton.
A repeat performance would make the 6yr-old incredibly hard to beat in race 8, but his manners mean there is no guarantee of that.
“Boyz Invasion was wonderful at Winton. He turned it around, but he can also let us down,” House said.
“He is not fool-proof and he has been a bit of a project to try and get right.
“I have had him a bit over a month and he has some ability.”
Boyz Invasion opened the $3.90 favourite for his 2200m standing-start assignment.
