Harness racing: Clayton Harmey with pair of aces for Newcastle meeting

Soho Brandenburg, a Bettors Delight colt, will chase a third consecutive win at the track in race four.

A two-year-old under the new calendar, Soho Brandenburg was a Vicbred group 2 finalist before Harmey bought him for local client Michael Callaghan.

He has drawn well in four on Monday and Harmey expected another strong performance to end his first preparation in the Hunter.

"He's racing against older horses and just beating them easy," Harmey said. "Hopefully he can win tomorrow. That's the plan, then he's off to the paddock.

"And I think he'll really improve. He's still very green, but he's very well bred. We'll probably bring him back and head him towards a Victorian campaign, if he's good enough."

Kiwi filly Giddy Heights won three in a row with ease at Newcastle before finishing fourth on Friday night. Harmey, though, was pleased with the run and he didn't expect the outside draw to be a problem on Monday in the sixth.

"Everyone thinks her run the other night wasn't very good but she's a Somebeachsomewhere horse and they are highly strung," he said. "They like to do their own thing, and in the three wins she drew the front and rolled to the top or outside the lead.

"The other night she drew the second line, she went around them and they went 54, and she only got beat a couple of metres."

Harmey also had Forever Rocking in the market for race five but he expected the KerryAnn Morris-trained Kahliadenise Lombo to lead and be hard to beat.

At Menangle on Saturday night, Louth Park trainer Darren Elder's Shannonstheman was second in his heat to qualify for a $30,000 final next Saturday night at the track.

Shannonstheman led from gate three in heat two of three and was the best of the rest late as odds-on favourite Arma Hotshot powered to a 6.4m win in 1:51:9 over the mile.

On Friday night at Newcastle, driver Tom Ison had a winning treble for boss Roy Roots jnr. He started the meeting with victory on the Roots jnr-owned Private Sector, which is trained by Brendon Flaherty. His other wins came with the Roots jnr-trained Shadow Pass and Stunin Magic.