The Peter Stanley-trained four-year-old gelding has been drawn in barrier seven of the Harvest Cafe and Store Benchmark 58 Handicap (1800 metres).

It's his fifth start since going on a 14-week spell from the end of December, a break that was needed according to Stanley.

"He needed a spell because it was his first preparation and we gave him a bit of break," he said.

"He's now run a couple of nice, even races this time in.

"What we're looking from him now is the distances in the races. I don't think he's a sprinter, although Bon Hoffa (the sire) was a good 1400-metre horse and his mother was a good mare over 1200 metres too.

"If all clicks on alright, hopefully we can get some prize money."

Ashleigh Stanley has the ride for the gelding and drawing barrier seven, the Bathurst-based trainer said he's pleased with the result.

"I thought the barrier draw was excellent, right in the middle," he said.

"He likes to get back a bit, which means he'll have time to stretch out and let leaders go. It means he'll run more or less midfield, coast along and then be brought along at the 800-metre mark.

"With a bit of luck, hopefully he'll finish on top of them."

His only previous success came back in Orange, in November 2018, where he came from three last on the corner.

"He just run down the straight and bowled them over," he said.

And contrary to his name, Narrow Neck Nelson does not have a narrow neck.

Rather he named by his Blue Mountains-based owners, named after a mountain ragion in the region according to Stanley.

"He was named after something down their way, near Katoomba," he said.

"[The owners] bred the mother, which was named Nellie's Glen, and they won a lot of races for them."

Stanley has two other starters at the meeting - Abraded and Destiny Ambush.

Abraded is still a maiden after eight starts, but it'll just be the third start he's had under the training of Peter Stanley, because he was previously trained by Archie Alexander.

Destiny Ambush's most recent run was at Young, an unhappy one for the horse, run on a hard track according to Stanley.

He's had 15 starts for just one win and one more placing and Thursday will be his third start following a 31-week spell from racing between September, 2018, and late April, 2019.

The seven race meeting gets underway at 12.55pm for the first, with the last race starting at 4.35pm.