Longford host their once a year meeting on New Year’s day with the feature being the $20,000 Cressy Chaff Cutters Longford Cup, which has attracted a strong field. John Blacker has three of the 10 runners looking to win his hometown Cup, but the grey gelding Sir Simon, as well as La Dernier Fille will have plenty of supporters. The size of the track limits field sizes to eight or ten runners and each of the seven races will be contested over 1400 or 1800 metres.