VICTORIAN sprinter Matt Carter has been handed the backmark for this weekend's Ballarat Gift, 120m.
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Carter, who took out last month's Rye Gift, will start from 1m as he attempts to win the feature event in its return to Eastern Oval.
Ballarat sprinter Joel Bee must haul in the field from 1.25m to win his hometown gift, while reigning Stawell Gift champion Andrew Robinson is off 2.75m.
Past Stawell Gift winners Matt Wiltshire (3.75m) and Sam Jamieson (4.5m) are amongst the top 10 backmarkers.
Commonwealth Games hopeful Christine Wearne is the backmarker for the rich Ballarat Women's Gift, 120m.
Wearne will run off 0.25m and start more than a metre behind Maddie Coates (1.5m) and Ballarat's Tara Domaschenz (2m).
This year has seen the race double in prizemoney to be worth $5000.
The Ballarat Gift meeting is held on Saturday and Sunday.
BACKMARKERS
BALLARAT GIFT, 120m
MATT CARTER 1m
JOEL BEE 1.25m
ANDREW ROBINSON 2.75m
CLAY WATKINS 2.75m
LUKE STEVENS 3.25m
KHAN MARR 3.25m
MATTHEW WILTSHIRE 3.75m
BEN MISPELHORN 4m
SAM JAMIESON 4.5m
RHETT MEDFORD 4.5m
WOMEN'S GIFT, 120m
CHRISTINE WEARNE 0.25m
MADDIE COATES 1.5m
TARA DOMASCHENZ 2m
KATIE MOORE 3.5m
TAMARA HAMOND 4.75m
MELANIE PURKISS 5.5m
MELISSA HOWARD 5.75m
KIARA REDDINGIUS 6m
EMMA JOHNSON 6.5m
HOLLY DOBBYN 6.75m
