Rider Neil Callan has had a quiet start to the season, but the Irishman is hopeful that one of his five rides on Wednesday night can produce his first winner this term.

“It would be nice!” Callan said. “I just notice that everybody else seems more worried about it than I am. When it does happen, it will happen.”

Callan rides Richard Gibson-trained Powermax – a last-start second to Brave Legend – in the night’s closer, the Class 3 Wistaria Handicap (1200m). The Magnus gelding has proven a model of consistency, not missing the top four in each of his 10 starts, including three wins under Callan last season, and the jockey is looking forward to returning to his back on race day for the first time since May.

“He’s been racing quite well from last season and he’s carried it on through to this season,” he said. “His first run this season was good, but unfortunately I was committed to another horse so I couldn’t ride him. It’s great to see he’s come back this season and held his form quite well so hopefully he can keep going.

“I think there’s more to come from him, he’s quite laidback and lazy. Even when I won on him, I told Richard to put blinkers on him because he felt like he was going to quicken away and then he just pricked his ears and pulled enough out to win. But that’s a plus side because it means he has plenty in reserve going forward.”

The Class 3 Wistaria Handicap (1200m) is scheduled for 10.50pm, with the opener, the Class 4 Begonia Handicap (1200m)