Canterbury Park hosts a seven-race Wednesday metropolitan card on 5 August 2026, built around three Benchmark 72 Handicaps, including two restricted to five-year-olds and up, before stepping down to a run of Benchmark 64 grades – a colts, geldings & entires edition, a fillies & mares edition and a 3 & 4-Year-Old edition – with a Super Maiden Handicap closing out the day. As a midweek fixture it sits a grade below the weekend, giving progressive types and in-form campaigners a good opportunity to strike. Elite Racing will have tips available prior to the meeting. Sign up for free selections or access our full professional analysis below.