Birthday Gift's meteoric rise through the Kranji sprinting ranks will be justly rewarded with a first berth in a Group race this Sunday.

Gingerbread Man is not a huge horse but his will to win is immense and today he starts in the first leg of what could be a career second Triple Crown.

Promising filly Discreet can overcome a wide gate to take out today's $150,000 rich CFMEU Mining & Enery QTIS 600 Plate (race 7) on a huge card at Ipswich.

Classy performer The Comedian handled the soft going in scoring a comfortable victory in the $125,000 Punters' Way 35th Anniversary Cup over 1400m on Sunday.

North Queensland prop Matt Scott says he was in pain after his return game against St George Illawarra, but that won't stop him being available for Origin.