Fastest qualifier Dawn Juan has gone from box two in her heat to box seven in the final but should only need to begin cleanly to go close to snaring the $10,000 first prizemoney in Saturday night's NSW Bred Maiden at Wentworth Park.
In the January 1 heats, the George Borg-trained Dawn Juan began brilliantly and led throughout, covering the 520m in a smart 29.97sec.
Each of the other heats were won by siblings trained by Jason Magri, with Zipping Zeek scoring in 30.05, Zipping Sultan in 30.16 and Zipping Miranda in 30.21.
Dawn Juan's sectional times point to her being the pacemaker again but trainer George Borg said he would have preferred to see her drawn near the rails.
"She did get wide on the first turn in her heat but she has not done that before so maybe she was just going too quick to handle the bend properly,'' Borg said.
"But Dawn Juan should cope with the wide box okay so long as she gets away well.''
Jason Magri leans towards Zipping Sultan as the pick of his trio.
"I think having box three gives him the edge over his brother, Zipping Zeek who has box five, and Zipping Miranda, who has drawn seven.
"On their form in the heats there is nothing between Sultan and Zeek, it's just that being boxed closer to the rails than his brother makes me think Sultan might be my best chance.
"Dawn Juan will be hard to beat although she will have to dodge my other finalist, Zipping Miranda, who likes to use a bit of the track and is drawn inside her.''
Boom Victorian stayer Banga will be on trial for a start in the January 18 heats of the Summer Distance Plate at Wentworth Park when he makes his Sydney debut in race eight, a 720m fifth grade.
Banga has had four wins and two seconds from his past seven Melbourne outings and trainer Ray Henness believes he is "one of the strongest dogs in the country.''
Henness said: "Banga has not seen Wentworth Park but is going really well and when he finished a close second over 715m at Sandown last week he clocked the fast time of 41.60 in getting beaten.
"His run home time at Sandown was among the fastest in several years so he gets to the line powerfully.
"Banga has box two on Saturday but is not a tight trailer and tends to get to the middle of the track.
"But make no mistake, he is a very fast dog.''
Good Juan, who has box one, was impressive in coming from last at box rise to win at his 720m debut at Wentworth Park on January 1.
The George Borg-trained Good Juan railed through to be fourth going through the pen and was second on the back straight before running down Really Unreal to win by a half head in a handy 42.47.
Good Juan had box five in that race so will relish the shift to the inside draw on Saturday, while the wide running Really Unreal is also suitably positioned in box eight.
Black Rampage, who provided trainer Jason Magri with one of his four Wentworth Park winners on New Year's Day, looks boxed to win again after securing box two in the 520m Support NSW RFS Stakes.
Black Rampage led throughout from box five to win a fifth grade on January 1 and tackles the same class on Saturday.
"He has a nice draw this week and it looks a good race for him,'' Magri said.
"Black Rampage was having his first race at Wenty when he won last week but has had plenty of trial experience around that track.''
Best Bet Aston Sapporo (race 6)
Best Value Fernando Porche (race 4)
Quaddie race 5 - 7, 3, 5
Race 6 - 4, 2
Race 7 - 1, 8
Race 8 - 1, 2, 8
$20 for 55.55%
