Belinda McCarthy-trained Mach Shard will race in Victoria for just the second time in his career when he lines up in Friday night’s Group 2 Jet Roofing Kilmore Pacing Cup.

The seven-year-old will be first-up into the $80,000 feature where he will start from barrier three.

McCarthy’s husband Luke will make the trip to Kilmore to drive the son of Mach Three, who last raced in the Group 1 Blacks A Fake Queensland Championship in July.

Mach Shard’s one and only appearance in Victoria came in 2020 when he scored victory in the Group 2 Casey Classic while trained by New Zealand horseman Barry Purdon.

The 2022 Kilmore Pacing Cup shapes as an intriguing affair, with Emma Stewart-trained Beyond Delight and Like A Wildfire returning from breaks alongside stablemate Honolua Bay, who is looking to bounce back from his first defeat for the camp.

Michael Stanley-trained Rock N Roll Doo was a last-start winner of the Group 1 VHRC Caduceus Classic and will begin from barrier five, Julie Douglas’ Torrid Saint has a good draw inside the front row, while David Aiken-prepared Max Delight has two.

The TAB opened Like A Wildfire and Honolua Bay as joint $5.50 favourites on Tuesday, with the latter quickly supported into a $3.70 chance by 2pm.

Max Delight, Rock N Roll Doo, Beyond Delight and Joe Pace-trained Supreme Dominator were all $7 out to $8.50 in early betting.

The MC Labour Kilmore Trotters Cup will also be run at Group 2 level on Friday night, and the Shepparton Cup quinella of Just Believe (Jess Tubbs) and All Cashed Up (Anton Golino) opened $2.80 before drifting to $3.10 equal favourites.

Ultimate Stride (Chris Lang) was $8.50 to $7.50 early, while Powderkeg (Lisa Miles, $10-$8.50), Imamaorijet (Paddy Lee, $15-$11) and Baltica (Emmett and Richard Brosnan, $23-$11) all trimmed on Tuesday.

Meanwhile, explosive first-up winner Captain Ravishing is a warm $1.20 favourite in the Reg Withers 3YO Classic.

The son of Captaintreacherous reeled off a sizzling 25.1sec last quarter when winning on debut for Stewart at Ballarat on September 9 and is one of the key chances in the market for October 8’s Victoria Derby.

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