Matamata trainer Wayne Hillis is hoping to record his third win of the week when he heads to Te Rapa on Saturday.

Hillis kicked off the week in perfect fashion when Drop Of Something scored his second consecutive win in the AgFirst 1600 at Hawera’s transferred meeting on Tuesday, and Hillis said he is thriving on the heavy surfaces.

“It was a very good run, he loves the mud and he had been placed there before,” he said. “The field looked a bit better than the one that he had raced in the start before, so to get another win was good.

“I have only had him for about five starts and he has had a second and two wins.”

A trip south to New Plymouth next month is now on the cards for the son of Telperion, with the ITM New Plymouth Interprovincial (1600m) firmly in Hillis’ sights.

“The Interprovincial in about three weeks at Taranaki looks to be a good option,” he said.

Drop Of Something will likely be joined on that trip by stablemate Runninwiththedevil, who continued Hillis’ pleasing week when victorious in the Martin Collins New Zealand MAAT 970 at Cambridge on Wednesday, his first start on the polytrack.

“He hadn’t had a trial or anything, so I thought 970m would suit him because in his earlier races he had tried to run a bit too hard,” Hillis said. “He hadn’t actually been on the synthetic before, but I thought it would suit him.

“He will probably head to the grass now, probably to a (rating) 65 1200m at Taranaki on the same day as the Interprovincial.”

Hillis is hoping he can keep his winning momentum going into the weekend where Did The Trick is currently a $3.20 second favourite in the Property Brokers & Katie Walker 3YO (1400m) at Te Rapa on Saturday.

The lightly-raced three-year-old has won his last two starts on Heavy footing, and Hillis believes he can feature once more on a similar surface at Te Rapa.

“He seems to have found his form. He just needed a bit of time to work everything out and he seems to have come right now,” Hillis said.

“He definitely likes it wet. It has been drying out the last couple of days, not that it is going to dry out that much, it will just make it puggy more than anything.

“It looks a better field on paper this time, there are a few in there with lighter weights, but he should acquit himself well.”