Happy New Year!!

We saw out 2015 with a winner - Margin Trader successful at Echuca on the final day of the year - and hopefully it won't be long into the New Year for us to be cheering home a winner.

And maybe it will be this week with some handy chances amongst our four Victorian and New South Wales runners on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Though it would be somewhat of a surprise if debutant Sympony Plays was to salute at Wyong on Tuesday, the Ballymore Stables raced Ad Valorem filly unfortunately yet to show a great deal.

"She is a very nice type of filly," Michael Moroney said, "but she has been disappointing in her jump outs so we have tried to find an easy race for her to kick off in."

There is greater confidence surrounding our Sandown runners on Wednesday, the first of which is Suspicious Minds who takes her place in the NJT Cricket Handicap over 2100m.

A game last start second at Yarra Valley, she has drawn awkwardly out wide and "will need a bit of luck" but a step up in distance does suit the daughter of Alamosa.

"A bit of rain would help as she does like the jar out," said Moroney, noting that "she comes off a pretty strong run last start."

Later in the day Our Valdivia (pictured) lines up in the Le Pines Handicap and whilst he too has drawn out, he has been in consistent form of late.

"He will also need a bit of luck in a reasonable field but he has been going really well."

Meanwhile at Warwick Farm on Wednesday we have Lord Disick contesting the Hyland Race Colours Handicap over 2200m with Christian Reith to take the ride from the inside gate.

"It's funny, we wanted inside gates for our two Sandown runners and an outside barrier for this horse - you always get the opposite!" Moroney said.

"But with a bit of luck - and providing they don't get too much rain in Sydney - he can figure right in the finish."

Impressive saluting by three lengths at his most recent outing at Hawkesbury in mid-December, Lord Disick has been kept up to the mark with a winning trial at Randwick later that month.