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By John Schell

The combination of trainer Scott Singleton and jockey Christian Reith will be in action at Tamworth on Monday when the pair link up with half-brother and sister Russley Crown and Russley Tiara in action.

Singleton and Reith have enjoyed a successful association over a long period, and they combined to win a Highway at Randwick earlier in this month with Melody Again.

Russley Crown (Mitch Stapleford) lands the money at Tamworth. Image by Bradley Photographers

The talented Russley Crown ($4.60 on TAB) resumes from a spell in the Shay Brennan Constructions Spring Cup Benchmark 82 Handicap (1200m).

Russley Crown is a winner of five races from 18 starts and also has six placings to his name.
He won the H&NWRA Country Championships at Tamworth at his only start on the track earlier this year.

He failed to show up in the Country Championships at Randwick behind Asgarda but did run second in the Gunnedah Cup prior to his break.

While Russley Crown is a six-year-old gelding by Shamus Award out of the mare Flys Away, Russley Tiara ($3.70) is a four-year-old mare also out of Flys Away, and by Shooting To Win.

Russley Tiara has only had three race starts, with Reith being in the saddle in two of them. She finished second on debut at Scone in March before finishing fifth at the same track in April and then being spelled.

Reith was aboard in a trial leading into her resuming fifth at Muswellbrook and the mare will contest the Tamworth City Toyota Maiden Plate (1000m) on Monday.

Singleton has two other acceptors at the Tamworth meeting, with Savagoodtime ($15) and Manik ($3.90 favourite) appearing in the Brycon Civil Country Boosted Maiden Handicap (1200m).

Shae Wilkes is down to ride Manik, while Ella Drew is booked to partner Savagoodtime.

Reith, meanwhile, is on the Mark Mason pair of Deebo ($10) in the Canon Accounting & Taxation Class 2 Handicap (1200m) and Who Goes There ($4.20) in the Courthouse Hotel Country Boosted Class 3 Handicap (1000m).

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