Groth will run five-year-old chestnut mare, Bring The Joy, in the $22,000 AgQuip Cup Benchmark 58 Handicap (2050m).

A last-start Coonamble winner over 2000m, the daughter of Magic Albert, bred by Gunnedah sportsman David Anderson and raced with a group of Tamworth and Gunnedah mates, has drawn well in barrier five.

She will be ridden by talented Tamworth apprentice Wendy Peel, who was on board at Coonamble and who will claim 1.5kg.

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"She rides well," Groth said. "Bring The Joy goes up a kilo and a half for her win at Coonamble but Wendy's claim keeps her at 55kg and they have drawn pretty well too."

Bring The Joy, winner of three of her 21 starts, has done well since Coonamble (August 3), Groth added.

"I'm really pleased with her," he said. "You'd have to think she's better for the run over the 2000m, too, and she gets in at the same weight as well.

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"It also looks like she will be suited by the pattern of racing and can drop in just behind the speed."

At Coonamble she did that then took the field up to the leader before letting down strongly to finish the race off solidly.

Groth said Riverside should be a good three for the meeting.

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"Had three good frosts this week, too, and they held off putting any water on the track because we were forecast to get a little bit [of rain]," he said. "But the way it's looking, we should have another good day."

That might entice people in town for huge AgQuip Field Days to have a lunch and an afternoon at the races before the three-day rural extravaganza begins on the other side of town.

Bring The Joy will be Groth's last runner for few weeks.

"I'm going down for a double knee replacement," he said. "So we've planned it this way, with most [of his horses] going out for a spell and others working their way along to a first-up start in a month or so."