On January 12, Turnbull made the mad dash to Queensland to drive Wendy Turnbull's Blood Money at Redcliffe, the six-year-old brown gelding hitting the line first to claim victory in the Garrads Horse and Hound Pace (1780 metres).

Turnbull was in the car the following day to return home, before heading to Dubbo on January 14, where he drove three runners.

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He was down to Menangle the following day, where he had just the one drive with Jerulas Grin, before returning to Dubbo on Friday past where he claimed three wins in the gig with Preachers Daughter, Western Ways and River Rock.

Turnbull has five drives out at Parkes on Wednesday - all for his mother Wendy - Western Ways, Toya Lombo, Preachers Daughter, Tessfeelsgood and Bills Express

Turnbull admitted Western Ways looks the likely of the five, having won in his last start at Dubbo on Friday, with two seconds and two thirds in his last four starts before that.

"The form of the horse has been tip-top," he said.

"He's been very consistent. He's no star, but he is very consistent and very rarely runs a bad race."

The gelding has drawn barrier two in the front row of the opening race of the meeting.

Turnbull believes there might be a good crowd at Parkes on Wednesday night, considering it is Australia Day.

"They always race at Parkes on Australia Day, ever since I can remember," he said.

"They usually get a pretty good crowd up there. Being a Wednesday night, that might hurt their chances.

"But being school holidays, there's probably still a fair chance of getting a decent crowd."

There's plenty of other Bathurst trainers headed to Parkes for the Australia Day meeting including Nathan Hurst, Josh Turnbull, Monica Betts, Amanda Turnbull and Steve Turnbull, just to name a few.

Racing is expected to get underway at Parkes from 6.40pm with the first, with the last to commence at 10.18pm.

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