He doesn’t have “ol’ blue eyes,” nor a penchant for romantic song and dance, but the gelding with the Hollywood surname is ready to open his account second time of asking at Monday’s Lismore meeting.

The cleverly named Sinatra is set to tackle a moderate Maiden Plate over 1410m for leading Far North Coast trainer Matthew Dunn.

A three-year-old by Group 1 winner Microphone out of the mare Show Affection, Sinatra returns to the course where he missed narrowly on debut as a heavily backed $1.90 favourite after covering plenty of ground for most of the race.

But three weeks on, before looks a very moderate field at set weights, all should be forgiven when Sinatra tackles the same trip from the softer inside draw.

Certainly, connections of Sinatra believe he can be fast-tracked into Saturda

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