She's Fearless, the first daughter of the great She's A Pearl to grace the racetrack, makes her keenly anticipated Wentworth Park debut on Thursday night.
The Jodie and Andy Lord-trained She's Fearless will exit box eight in race 10, a preferred box draw one to two wins 520m fifth grade.
She's A Pearl, who was trained for most of her career by the Lords, retired after winning 39 of 64 starts and amassing nearly $1.8m in earnings.
"She's Fearless is perfectly drawn on Thursday,'' Andy Lord said.
"And while she has not raced at Wenty or trialled over 520m there, she has had a look at the track.
"She's Fearless had a post-to-post slip a long while ago.
"She has enormous potential but is still learning to race, working out what it's all about.''
She's Fearless made her race debut from box one at Dapto on June 12 and despite racing wide, won by over six lengths in 29.83, fastest 520m time of the night.
At her only subsequent appearance, she had box eight and won easily over 350m at Goulburn on July 4, stopping the clock at 19.67, again registering the quickest time of the meeting.
Best value bet on Thursday night should be Jo John John, chasing his sixth Wentworth Park win for trainer Wayne Dargan in the grade three Ladbrokes Sports Bar Masters over 520m.
With five wins and nine placings from 25 outings, Jo John John is the most successful Wentworth Park performer in the six-dog lineup.
Because he tends to be midfield in the early stages, the small field will suit Jo John John, although the draw favours the John Chapman-trained pair Flat Chat Frank and Crafty Chap, drawn in one and two respectively.
"Crafty Chap is the quicker of those two but he tends to make a lot of mistakes in the early stages,'' Chapman said.
"And they can't afford to do too much wrong because Jo John John is very strong at the finish.''
Jo John John
Fancy Bella recorded her quickest Wentworth Park time of 30.31 from box eight, but trainer Lakis Michael would prefer to see her drawn on the rails than on the extreme outside in Thursday's Follow RPV On Facebook Stakes, a 520m fifth grade.
"She drifts a little bit wide on the back straight but seems to drive harder early when she draws the rails,'' Michael said.
Imperator ran a cheeky race when third to Eriza Sparkles and Canya Sapphire in a heat of the group one Ladbrokes Peter Mosman Opal at Wentworth Park on June 28, and she has box one in Thursday's Ladbrokes Punter Assist Stakes, a 520m fifth grade.
"She has good early pace, but her run home times are still not good enough,'' trainer Chris Kedwell said.
"When Imperator contested the Peter Mosman heat, she was still fairly new to 520m, and she is capable of improvement.
"But I doubt that she can run any quicker than 30sec flat on Thursday night, so she will need to make full use of the draw to be a chance in this strong field.''
My Picasso, ideally positioned in box eight, has clocked 29.75 at Wentworth Park while Magpie Hector, drawn in seven, boasts a personal best Wenty time of 29.61, but is a notoriously slow beginner.
Imperator
Soul Ablaze was having her first start at Wentworth Park when she made the pace before finishing a close third to Dynamic Gregory and Kiss Me Augie last Thursday night so could be improved enough to take out this week's Ladbrokes Same Race Multi Stakes, a 520m fifth grade.
Soul Ablaze clocked a respectable 30.11 in defeat last week and proved her ability to run a solid 520m by winning in 30.08 and 30.20 at Richmond last year.
The Troy Vella-trained bitch becomes eligible for Masters races in November but in the mean time gets a golden opportunity to notch her eighth win from just 29 starts on Thursday night.
