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Kris Lees to have strong hand in Prov heat
AAP
Newcastle trainer Kris Lees has entered five horses for the first heat of the Provincial Championshp series at Wyong.
The first of five $100,000 qualifying races on Thursday attracted 19 entries for the 1350m race which has a field limit of 16.
The Lees team is headed by Electric Power, runner-up to the Bede Murray-trained Sure And Fast in the inaugural $400,000 final last year.
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Lees' other entries are Powerline, Parraay, Me No Marsh Potato and Game Pie.
Wyong trainer Kim Waugh will be represented by last-start winners Supreme Effort and His Majesty.
The Waugh-trained Oxford Poet filled third place in the 2015 final.
His Majesty is the TAB's $4.60 early favourite for the final on April 9 ahead of his stablemate at $8.