If you are attending the race meeting at Ladbrokes Park Elwick on Sunday, it will be worth getting there to see the first race on the card.

The somewhat unusually named John of Jane will be stepping out for his fourth race start, and his third in Hobart, where he is unbeaten.

At his two starts on the Hobart track, John of Jane has won by a combined margin of 9.5 lengths; at his only start in Launceston, he was beaten in a photo finish.

John of Jane is likely to start a long odds on favourite. Trainer Siggy Carr is hoping he will measure up to better-class races over the Summer Racing Festival, with the Royal Rambo (1200m) a possible target in February.

By Needs Further x Lady Jane, John of Jane’s granddam was the highly talented racehorse and broodmare Kats Clause, who herself won eight races, including the Group 3 Mannerism Stakes.

“It’s really sentimental; the family have been great to my dad (Royston). He goes back to the Kats Clause family, and my dad trained all of those horses, and we had such great success. Dad wasn’t taking on any outside horses, and hence I got this one to train,” Carr said after his impressive debut back in July.

On Sunday, John of Jane will take on six opponents in a class 2 over 1200m. Troy Baker will again be riding.

A horse that Carr formerly trained Kion’s Kingdom, should be hard to beat in the 1380m Class 2 with Erica Byrne Burke in the saddle.

Carr made the tough decision to send Kion’s Kingdom to John Keys, believing the 5yo would benefit from being trained in the beach environment at Seven Mile.

At his most recent start, Kion’s Kingdom (who races in the same colours as John of Jane) broke his maiden status despite being trapped wide throughout, and while he is jumping from maiden to class 2 company, Kion’s Kingdom will start from barrier one and looks the one to beat.

Byrne Burke also looks to have a great winning chance on Stollaway Ned, who will step out to 2100m for the first time in the maiden/class 1. Stollaway Ned, a lightly raced 5yo trained by John Blacker, has raced six times for a win and four placings. His last start, third over 1600m, was behind the smart Agadoo and subsequent winner Little El.

Byrne Burke, who won the jockeys' premiership last season, has picked up where she left off; so far this season she has ridden 20 wins at 21.70%. Last year she rode 86 winners at a similar strike rate.

Last Wednesday night she and partner Luke Dempsey combined to win four of the eight races in Launceston. Dempsey is sitting in third place on the premiership with 11 winners at 19.60%

The first race on Sunday starts at 12:55. All the action from the track is available on Tasracing Live.

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